GIVE

Do You Sew?

Calling All Creators: Help Us Sew Hope & Celebration!

  • Each year, Day 1 Bags provides graduating foster youth with special handmade gifts like quilts, zipper pouches, and utility totes—made with love by thousands of volunteers across the country. These personal touches remind each senior that they are seen, celebrated, and supported. These gifts provide keepsakes that last a lifetime.
  • Our quilts and zipper pouches are used for our upcoming graduating class of youth from foster care. Sign up starts on Labor Day weekend each year.
  • We also have an all-year-long need for Grab-N-Go totes to supply Rainbow Rooms—emergency resource centers for children in foster care.
  • Whether you’re a seasoned quilter, love to sew totes, or want to donate fabric, we have a way for you to help.

How you can help?

1. Sign Up to

Make A

Quilt

Sign Up Here

2. Sign Up to

Make A

Tote

Sign Up Here

3. Sign Up to

Donate

Fabric

Sign Up Here

4. Download and

Share A

Flyer

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5. Join our private

Facebook

Page

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6. In-Kind

Donation

Form

Download Form

7. Find your Regional Coordinators

Points of

Contacts

POC List

8. News Story:

Texas Man

Finds Purpose

WFAA News Article

Would Your Quilt Shop
Like to Participate?

We invite your Quilt Shop to be part of our meaningful journey. By participating in our annual Day 1 Bags – Project Graduation, you have the opportunity to create a substantial impact. Discover how your shop can contribute and find more details.

HERE

Together, We’re Stitching Confidence and Celebration Into Every Graduation Milestone.

GIVE WITH CONFIDENCE

We firmly believe and take stewardship over your financial donations seriously. 92 cents of every dollar donated to the Day 1 Bags goes towards directly serving youth experiencing foster care and at-risk youth.

No Child in [State Name] Should Carry Their Life in a Trash Bag

[Kids] / "Children in foster care"

[Entering] / "Children entering care"

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Dear [Legislator Name],

Right now, … children are living in foster care in ….
Each year, approximately … children enter care.

No child should carry their life in a trash bag.

This is a small investment to protect dignity during one of the hardest days of a child’s life.

I respectfully ask you to support legislation or agency policy ensuring no child entering foster care is given a trash bag for their belongings.

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
[City, State]

CC: dignitynottrash@gmail.com

Dear [Pastor/Leader Name],

In …, approximately … children enter foster care each year.
During removal, some are still given trash bags to carry their belongings.

Would our community consider supporting a dignity initiative to ensure every child receives proper luggage?

Sincerely,
[Your Name]
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