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#DignityNotTrash

Your donation makes a huge impact

Over 500 children enter the foster care system each day and most of them may be removed from their home with their belongings stuffed in a trash bag. These children have been neglected and often feel like they don’t matter.

A Day 1 Bag provides children entering the foster care system a sense of dignity and hope. How can a “bag” give dignity or hope? We know because each bag is of the highest quality, anyone would be proud to own, and with so much room for their only treasures. Dignity, not trash, is what we believe is needed during their traumatic times.

Venmo

@ day1bags

Paypal

@ day1bags

Zelle

Enter: day1bags@gmail.com

Bank

United Texas Credit Union

Account: Day 1 Bags

Frost Bank

Account: Day 1 Bags

DONOR ADVISED FUNDS BENEFITS

Donor Advised Funds are an easy, tax-efficient way to manage charitable donations. Donor Advised Funds allow donors to make a charitable contribution, receive an immediate tax deduction, and then recommend grants from the fund over time for Day 1 Bags.

Day 1 Bags is proud to be a resource and partner to several of the United States’ largest Donor Advised Fund sponsor organizations and their philanthropic services teams. We are well-versed in the mechanics of Donor Advised Fund giving and the applicable IRS regulations. Our team performs due diligence on every grant recommendation to ensure that your grant money will be used for charitable purposes towards the Day 1 Bags mission. You can make single or recurring grants, either with recognition or with total anonymity. Clients of Fidelity Charitable, Schwab Charitable, and BNY Mellon can easily make a designation through the DAF Direct window on this page.

Day 1 Bags Tax ID Number is 84-5024295

Mail

Make checks/money orders payable to

Day 1 Bags
C/O Hunter Beaton
118 Lake Front Dr
Boerne, TX 78006

Why do children in foster care need you?

The only way Day 1 Bags can fulfill these FREE bag requests is through your donations. We will do our best to fulfill EVERY order. However, if there are not enough donations to cover the cost, we will contact you to work with you on an alternative bag or backpack from other non-profits OR we can fundraise for the bags. Your donations are vital to the youth we serve.

Where do the Duffle Bags or Backpacks Go?

We ship them to our partner foster agencies across the continental U.S.

What if I can Only Donate a Small Amount?

Any donation amount is welcome. For those who help with smaller donations, they are combined and used to ship larger amounts of duffle bags and backpacks.