{"id":9367,"date":"2025-02-28T06:36:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:36:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/as-a-child-a-trash-bag-carried-his-belongings-his-nonprofit-has-given-over-250000-backpacks-to-foster-kids\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T06:36:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T06:36:26","slug":"as-a-child-a-trash-bag-carried-his-belongings-his-nonprofit-has-given-over-250000-backpacks-to-foster-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/as-a-child-a-trash-bag-carried-his-belongings-his-nonprofit-has-given-over-250000-backpacks-to-foster-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"As a child, a trash bag carried his belongings. 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Rob Scheer and his five kids each made their own journey through the foster care system with a trash bag in tow.<\/p>\n<p>Rob was 12 the first time a case worker told him to shove his belongings in a trash bag to escape an abusive home \u2014 a pattern that would repeat until he turned 18. Years later, when Rob and his husband Reece adopted through foster care, they were surprised at how little had changed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When my children arrived and each one of them had a trash bag, I knew we as a society failed,&#8221; Scheer said.<\/p>\n<p>That moment drove him to start <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/baltimore\/news\/pack-a-trolley-comfort-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Comfort Cases<\/a><\/span>, a nonprofit that replaces trash bags with luggage for kids in foster care. To date, more than 250,000 cases have been delivered to children across the U.S. Each child also gets a brand new pair of pajamas with a ribbon on top to make sure they &#8220;know that this is a gift,&#8221; Scheer said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one most important thing that every child who comes into our foster care system deserves is dignity and hope. And how do you do that? Don&#8217;t give them a trash bag,&#8221; Scheer said.<\/p>\n<p>Ashley Baker grew up in more than a dozen Pennsylvania foster homes and attended seven high schools.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To carry your stuff in a trash bag, it makes you feel like this is your fault, you&#8217;re worth nothing, none of this stuff is worth anything to anyone else,&#8221; Baker said.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Rob, she was also given a trash bag each time she moved. But things are slowly shifting.<\/p>\n<p>In the past two years, Maryland, Texas and Oregon have all banned the use of trash bags in foster care. Similar legislation was recently introduced in New York City.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I thought, &#8216;Oh I&#8217;ll grow up to be the change maker.&#8217; But to find out there&#8217;s others who want to make that change, it does feel it&#8217;s so heartwarming to know,&#8221; Baker said. <\/p>\n<p>The goal is to get similar laws passed in all 50 states so that all foster kids get a backpack, a duffel bag or anything that tells them \u2014 they matter.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/eye-on-america\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/nancy-cordes\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Nancy Cordes<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__image\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/nancy-cordes\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n              <span class=\"img \"><img alt=\"headshot-600-nancy-cordes.jpg \" height=\"80\" width=\"80\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/68118575-134a-4faf-88e4-e29a3af043dd\/thumbnail\/80x80\/b86c95a8f1e996f3fc3ae43cb489ea02\/headshot-600-nancy-cordes.jpg?v=8de240724d7f6d8b5f54f62bb158c012 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/05\/17\/68118575-134a-4faf-88e4-e29a3af043dd\/thumbnail\/160x160\/82643392baa59de4cb7ed8d82e5fcbfd\/headshot-600-nancy-cordes.jpg?v=8de240724d7f6d8b5f54f62bb158c012 2x\"\/><\/span><br \/>\n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Nancy Cordes is CBS News&#8217; chief White House correspondent based in Washington, D.C. 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