Thank you Fire Families for helping us supersede our goal of 10 boxes!

The majority of children coming into foster care must wait in an office for 1-2 hours while a social worker calls to find them a suitable placement. This is usually a time of high anxiety for children as they’ve recently been removed from their home and are being moved to a new, unknown foster home.
The notion of a Welcome Box is a simple one. While the child is waiting, a social worker gives the child a box of age appropriate items to occupy their time while in the office. It will also be a box they can carry and take with them into their new foster home. Since many children enter their new foster homes with very few belongings, the
psychological importance of owning nice possessions cannot be underestimated.
Making a Welcome Box is a simple way to comfort a foster child. It’s also a great way to involve your own family in caring for less fortunate kids in our area.