October, 2013
Helping Out in Times of Great Need
The primary mission of the My Stuff Bags Foundation is to provide children entering foster care and crisis shelters with brand new belongings of comfort and necessity to help ease their transition into foster care. However, in cases of extraordinary circumstances or instances of disaster, our Foundation is prepared to answer the call.
In the late afternoon on Friday, October 4th, a fire tore through an Oxnard, CA neighborhood, destroying many residences in its path. The fire forced over 60 people onto the streets with nowhere to go. Thankfully, our friends at the Ventura County chapter of the American Red Cross stepped up and were able to provide shelter to these families in a school gymnasium. Red Cross volunteers have been working around the clock since the fire to make sure all of the displaced families have the food, shelter and comfort they need, but they wanted to do more to help the many children under the shelter’s roof. Some of these children lost all of their belongings in the fire, while those whose homes remained undamaged are prevented from returning to their neighborhood while an investigation is conducted. These children had nothing to help them get through the long days spent away from home.
The Red Cross called us up to see if we would be able to send them My Stuff Bags to help these children get through a difficult situation, and we gladly obliged! We decided that in this extreme case, we would put together especially personal bags for each child in the shelter, and sent over 40 bags, each with a very specific set of items based on the age and gender of each child in the shelter. We are happy to report that the bags arrived in the gymnasium, and were very well received by the children. We want to thank the Ventura County American Red Cross chapter for all they have done to help these families get through a difficult time, and we were happy to assist!
Helping Out in Times of Great Need
The primary mission of the My Stuff Bags Foundation is to provide children entering foster care and crisis shelters with brand new belongings of comfort and necessity to help ease their transition into foster care. However, in cases of extraordinary circumstances or instances of disaster, our Foundation is prepared to answer the call.
In the late afternoon on Friday, October 4th, a fire tore through an Oxnard, CA neighborhood, destroying many residences in its path. The fire forced over 60 people onto the streets with nowhere to go. Thankfully, our friends at the Ventura County chapter of the American Red Cross stepped up and were able to provide shelter to these families in a school gymnasium. Red Cross volunteers have been working around the clock since the fire to make sure all of the displaced families have the food, shelter and comfort they need, but they wanted to do more to help the many children under the shelter’s roof. Some of these children lost all of their belongings in the fire, while those whose homes remained undamaged are prevented from returning to their neighborhood while an investigation is conducted. These children had nothing to help them get through the long days spent away from home.
The Red Cross called us up to see if we would be able to send them My Stuff Bags to help these children get through a difficult situation, and we gladly obliged! We decided that in this extreme case, we would put together especially personal bags for each child in the shelter, and sent over 40 bags, each with a very specific set of items based on the age and gender of each child in the shelter. We are happy to report that the bags arrived in the gymnasium, and were very well received by the children. We want to thank the Ventura County American Red Cross chapter for all they have done to help these families get through a difficult time, and we were happy to assist!
