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Providing security and comfort to a child in crisis...
Welcome
We are a 501c3, local non-profit organization, which began on October 15, 2011 with our first fundraiser and an official bag stuffing. From there we have grown! We are dedicated to helping supply essential items needed to help provide a sense of comfort and ownership to the children entering foster care or other agencies throughout Georgia.
ADVENTURE BAGS is a local non-profit organization which began October 15, 2011 with our first fundraiser and official bag stuffing. My, how we have grown! We are dedicated to helping supply essential items necessary to provide a sense of ownership to children entering foster care or other agencies throughout Georgia.
The idea behind the organization is simple, organizations that work with displaced children (i.e. DFCS, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and teen shelters) would give the child a book bag important items like: a stuffed animal, toothbrush, toothpaste, under garments, hair brush or comb, socks, coloring books, crayons and a journal to write down their thoughts with so that when they do have to go to an unfamiliar place they have some items ALL of their own.
Who We Are
Our Mission
Providing security and comfort to a child in crisis...
Our Vision
To help the domestic violence shelters, fire departments, group homes, Department of Family & Children Services and children’s shelters to provide backpacks to our children. Distributing ADVENTURE BAGS to local agencies across Georgia. With these bags it is our desire to begin an ongoing opportunity to help provide security and comfort to a child in crisis.
To help provide security and comfort to a child in crisis by providing and distributing ADVENTURE BAGS to various Children Services Groups across Georgia.
Help Us Provide Security & Comfort to a Child in Crisis!
Our Newest Satellite Location
Houston County, Georgia
Kelsey Norris, Junior Ambassador & Houston County Coordinator for Adventure Bags, is pictured carefully inventorying the 438 donated supply items received during the past couple of months. Every item donated is carefully sorted by age and gender before being used to fill an Adventure Bag. In a couple of weeks, Kelsey will be coordinating a group of youth volunteers who will meet to stuff additional bags for Houston County children.
The Houston County Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS) office has had these wonderful bags since September. Adventure Bags are currently distributed in more than 60 Georgia counties. The idea behind the project is simple. Organizations that work with displaced children (i.e. DFCS, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, teen shelters, etc.) will give the child a book bag filled with important items like: tooth brush, toothpaste, shampoo, conditioner, hairbrush, comb, soap/body wash, washcloth/puff, socks, coloring book, crayons, sippy cup, bottle, pacifier, bib, baby wash, baby washcloth, diapers, wipes, blanket, stuffed animal to hold, or a journal to write down their thoughts with so that when they do have to go to an unfamiliar place they have something to call ALL their own. Bags are filled age specific from infant to 18 year old, male and female.
IN 2018 AB DELIVERED 8,425 bags!
CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW WE IN 2019!
Kelsey Norris Awarded Junior Ambassador in August 2017
