Exit
ments, at schools and Girl Scout
troop meetings.
Gori made it a point to ask
children themselves what they
thought would work well in an
Adventure Bag.
“We’ve had children in there
[at stuffing events] who I did not
know at the time were actually
foster kids, and they gave me the
idea to put journals in the bags. A
little boy wanted journals ‘so we
can write our personal thoughts
down.’ Those was his words specifically,” Gori says.
“They came up with all sorts
of fun things a kid would, you
know ‘an MP3 player would be
great’ and I’m like sure I’d like
one too, but you know,” she
trails off, laughing.
A well-wisher from Amarillo,
Texas, sends Adventure Bags “encouragement cards” to place into
the bags, and children have taken
to writing them as well—a gesture
for children, by children.
The bags in demand the most
are those for tweens and teens,
the age groups that are most frequently ferried around the system. Gori estimates that her organization manages to churn out
50 bags a month, though more
are always needed.
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WHAT’S IT GOING TO TAKE?
Despite Gori’s successes with Adventure Bags, she remains frustrated. So far, they’re still waiting on
the certification to become a 501C3,
the lack of whic