Huffington Magazine Issue 21 | Page 106

Exit safe. It’s a learning experience for me as well as for them.” Gori also has the presidents of the Barrow County Foster/Adoptive Parent Association on her team, Chris and Misty Manus. It was a pleasant surprise for the retired mother of two when the Manus’ relayed a conversation from their night at a Foster Parents Association event, in which Adventure Bags came up. GREATEST PERSON OF THE WEEK “This lady just got all excited and said, ‘we have two of the three children and I’m going to tell you they will not let go of those bags!” she says, referring to the very children who prompted McMahon to start Adventure Bags. INSIDE AN ADVENTURE BAG Along with items like toothpaste and shampoo, much thought and effort is stuffed into a single Adventure Bag. Various counties in Georgia have orchestrated “stuffings” for Adventure Bags, in church base- HUFFINGTON 11.04.12 Nearly 70 backpacks were stuffed at the church in Winder, Ga.