Every Child Deserves a Bag of Their Own

Bags For Buddies provides new duffel bags filled with comfort and essentials to children entering foster care, replacing trash bags with dignity, hope, and a reminder that they matter.

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Our Impact

Every number represents a child, volunteer, and community member helping us bring dignity and hope to foster youth.

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Years Serving Foster Youth

The Need Is Bigger Than A Bag

350,000+

Children experience foster care in the United States every year.

  
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Every State Is Affected

Children enter foster care in all 50 states.

This isn't a problem confined to one city or one community—it affects children across the entire country.

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More Than 20,000 Age Out Every Year

Every year, over 20,000 young adults leave foster care without being reunited with their families or adopted.

Many begin adulthood without the support system, stability, or resources that countless others take for granted.

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More Than A Bag

For many children entering foster care, their belongings are placed in a trash bag.

At Bags For Buddies, we believe every child deserves something better—a bag they can call their own, filled with dignity, comfort, and hope.

How We Make an Impact

Buddie Bag Program

From providing duffel bags to supporting education and bringing communities together, every program is designed to give foster children and teens hope and opportunity.

The Next Chapter Scholarship Program

Providing new duffel bags filled with essentials for children entering foster care.

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Helping students pursue college, trade school, or career training.

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Community Partnerships & Events

Working with schools, businesses, sports teams, and volunteers to expand our impact.

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From A Good Idea To A National Conversation

Bags For Buddies has been featured on Good Morning America and in media outlets across the country, helping shine a light on the children behind the mission.

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