Formerly Known as Luggage with Love WNY
Helping to make their load a little lighter
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Our Cause - Luggage with Hope of WNY
Children in foster care regularly move from place to place. Their personal belongings are often transported in garbage bags and are easily lost and misplaced in transit. The feeling of seeing their possessions routinely put into a garbage bag compounds the already difficult transitions made by these children.
Luggage With Hope of WNY, Inc. (formerly known as Luggage with Love of WNY, Inc.) was established to make sure that children in foster care in the Western New York area have a piece of luggage in which they can safely and confidently transport their personal belongings.
Monetary donations are used to purchase luggage for these children. The average piece of small, durable luggage is $20. No donation amount is too small, however, and goes a long way towards providing a child in foster care with a little piece of mind during a very difficult time.
We anticipate serving children and families from Youngstown-Lewiston to the PA line and east to the Rochester line.
Due to supply constraints as we grow this organization, Erie County is our priority. However, we have immediate plans to expand into Alleghany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqua, Genesee, Niagara, Orleans and Wyoming Counties thereby serving all Western New York children in foster care as soon as we are able to do so. We will, when possible, assist families facing emergency placements or movements.
We are currently seeking Volunteers and Donation Drop Off locations to serve these areas as collection sites and delivery volunteers. We will provide you with signage and help ensure the efficient collection and disbursement of these donations.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President : Rachel Baksa
Secretary : Natalie Lesh Schaffer
Treasurer : Carla Perlino Marrazzo
We will be looking to add Advisory Board members in the near future.
Check back soon for more details!