Children First for Oregon

Support Local Foster Youth

Since 1988, May has been celebrated as National Foster Care Month.

The month has been used to raise awareness regarding the issues facing nearly 500,000 youth in foster care across the United States.

This year, Pamela Butler, Policy & Outreach Associate at Children First for Oregon (CFFO) recorded a short video to talk with you about the work CFFO is doing with the Oregon Foster Youth Connection, and the 2009 duffle bag drive.

Watch the video and give a local foster youth a duffle bag by donating $25 or $35.

Foster youth often come into care and move homes with their belongings stuffed in trash bags.

You can help comfort them during these times of turmoil by donating duffle bags filled with essential items like a toothbrush and socks.

These bags will ensure that new foster youth have the necessary items to get through the first difficult days of care or a new foster home.

Please consider either dropping off a duffle bag at one of the drop sites or sponsor a duffle bag for a foster youth by making a donation of $25 or $35:

Your support of the 2009 duffle bag drive would mean the world to local foster kids.

We look forward to working with you to continue to educate Oregonians about the realities foster youth face every day, and to provide them with tangible items that will help them in their journey through the system.