February, 2015
Los Angeles Writer Shedding Light on Child Abuse and Neglect
Behind the glamour of Hollywood, the warm days at the beach and the overcrowded highways lies a disturbing and nearly invisible problem: Los Angeles ranks among the highest in the nation in numbers of children in foster care, many due to abuse or neglect. Furthermore, in 2012 and 2013 over 60 children in Los Angeles were killed due to abuse or neglect suffered at the hands of their caretakers. For years, one Los Angeles Times writer has been tirelessly working to expose systematic problems that put children in danger, and we are beginning to see some results and changes. This year, child deaths due to neglect or maltreatment in Los Angeles County were nearly cut in half.
Garrett Therolf has been writing for the Los Angeles Times since 2006, and has covered everything from crime to the Egyptian Revolution. His specialty, however, is child welfare. Over the years, Therolf has dedicated much of his work to exposing problems within the Los Angeles County Child Welfare System. He has taken County policies to task over issues ranging from unsafe family reunifications to unfit foster parents. His reports have put the plight of abused and neglected children on the map in Los Angeles County, and have been helpful in igniting the fires of change within the department. Just this year, the Department of Child and Family Services in Los Angeles added 750 new social workers, implemented new training policies to help workers identify child abuse and put in place a stricter policy regarding family reunification.
Here at My Stuff Bags Foundation, we are happy to see writers like Mr. Therolf bringing the issues of domestic violence against children and child neglect into the public consciousness in Los Angeles. LA is our backyard and in fact we distribute more My Stuff Bags here than in any other county. While foundations like ours can help children who suffer these horrible circumstances, it will take an army of informed Angelenos for sweeping change to take place. We thank Mr. Therolf and all those at the LA Times for doing their part to better the plight of children in Los Angeles, and we can only hope that the situation will continue to improve!
Mend a Broken Heart Month 2016
Each year, nearly 300,000 children must be rescued from unimaginable abuse and neglect and enter foster care. Very frequently, these children arrive for care empty-handed and broken-hearted. Mend a Broken Heart Month is a yearly observance sponsored by the My Stuff Bags Foundation that encourages individuals and groups to support children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.
We encourage you to support these children in need by donating the $30 cost per My Stuff Bag to provide the duffel, toiletries, production, and shipping. With your support, we can provide thousands of rescued children with the personal items that they need and deserve!
Connect your heart to theirs! Donate now!
Los Angeles Writer Shedding Light on Child Abuse and Neglect
Behind the glamour of Hollywood, the warm days at the beach and the overcrowded highways lies a disturbing and nearly invisible problem: Los Angeles ranks among the highest in the nation in numbers of children in foster care, many due to abuse or neglect. Furthermore, in 2012 and 2013 over 60 children in Los Angeles were killed due to abuse or neglect suffered at the hands of their caretakers. For years, one Los Angeles Times writer has been tirelessly working to expose systematic problems that put children in danger, and we are beginning to see some results and changes. This year, child deaths due to neglect or maltreatment in Los Angeles County were nearly cut in half.
Garrett Therolf has been writing for the Los Angeles Times since 2006, and has covered everything from crime to the Egyptian Revolution. His specialty, however, is child welfare. Over the years, Therolf has dedicated much of his work to exposing problems within the Los Angeles County Child Welfare System. He has taken County policies to task over issues ranging from unsafe family reunifications to unfit foster parents. His reports have put the plight of abused and neglected children on the map in Los Angeles County, and have been helpful in igniting the fires of change within the department. Just this year, the Department of Child and Family Services in Los Angeles added 750 new social workers, implemented new training policies to help workers identify child abuse and put in place a stricter policy regarding family reunification.
Here at My Stuff Bags Foundation, we are happy to see writers like Mr. Therolf bringing the issues of domestic violence against children and child neglect into the public consciousness in Los Angeles. LA is our backyard and in fact we distribute more My Stuff Bags here than in any other county. While foundations like ours can help children who suffer these horrible circumstances, it will take an army of informed Angelenos for sweeping change to take place. We thank Mr. Therolf and all those at the LA Times for doing their part to better the plight of children in Los Angeles, and we can only hope that the situation will continue to improve!
Mend a Broken Heart Month 2016
Each year, nearly 300,000 children must be rescued from unimaginable abuse and neglect and enter foster care. Very frequently, these children arrive for care empty-handed and broken-hearted. Mend a Broken Heart Month is a yearly observance sponsored by the My Stuff Bags Foundation that encourages individuals and groups to support children who have been abused, neglected or abandoned.
We encourage you to support these children in need by donating the $30 cost per My Stuff Bag to provide the duffel, toiletries, production, and shipping. With your support, we can provide thousands of rescued children with the personal items that they need and deserve!
Connect your heart to theirs! Donate now!
