Radical Hospitality on the Move

No family plans for their child to be placed in foster care. The tough decision to remove children from their home is often carried out swiftly and results in last-minute packing and transportation arrangements.

In all this turmoil, most children entering foster care receive just two trash bags for their belongings.

 

Sweet Cases is an initiative to provide luggage for children entering foster care. Volunteers decorate duffel bags and fill them with a stuffed animal, hygiene kit, blanket, and coloring book and crayons. This small gesture can provide a little bit of love and hope at a difficult time for these children.

Last weekend, our youth choir traveled on their annual mission trip to serve a neighboring community and to share their musical gifts with a sister parish. This year, our youth partnered with Together We Rise to make Sweet Cases for children entering a foster care placement. Our youth worked together to decorate the bags and fill them with goodies. It was a wonderful way to provide radical hospitality those who need it most.

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Click here to learn more about Together We Rise. Contact Laura McNally for more information about Youth Choir.