Carrying Love Foundation
No Child Should Carry Their Life in a Trash Bag.
Carrying Love Foundation restores dignity and inspires hope by providing suitcases to children and young adults experiencing foster-care transitions.
Our Mission
Dignity During Life’s Most Difficult Transitions
A suitcase is more than a way to carry belongings. During an uncertain transition, it can offer a young person privacy, security, and a powerful reminder that their possessions—and their future—matter.
Why It Matters
Every Number Represents a Child
Behind every foster-care statistic is a young person navigating uncertainty, change, and circumstances they did not choose.
Children Currently in Foster Care
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Children Entering Care Each Day
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Young People Aging Out Annually
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Children Moving Without Proper Luggage
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Our Current Work
The Hope Initiative
Our signature program provides new or gently used suitcases in excellent condition to children and young adults experiencing foster-care transitions.
Dignified transportation for personal belongings
Community-led suitcase collection
Support during critical transitions
Why A Suitcase Matters
A suitcase cannot erase trauma. But it can restore dignity.
- You matter.
- Your belongings matter.
- Your future matters.
There Is More Than One Way to Carry Hope
Donate Luggage
Give a new or gently used suitcase in excellent condition.
Give Financially
Support the Hope Initiative and future programs.
Online giving will be available soon.
Become a Community Partner
Align your organization with a growing mission.
Provide In-Kind Support
Contribute goods, services, or space to the cause.
Host a Hope Drive
Rally your community to collect suitcases together.
Volunteer
Lend your time to sorting, packing, and outreach.
Community Drives
Bring Your Community Together for a Hope Drive
1
Register Your Interest
Tell us about your community, congregation, school, or company.
2
Rally Your Community
Invite your circle to contribute new or gently used suitcases.
3
Collect and Deliver Suitcases
We will coordinate pickup or drop-off details with you directly.
Join Us
Help Us Carry Hope Forward
Your time, resources, and partnership can help ensure that a young person’s belongings are carried with dignity.