Delaware volunteers sew duffle bags for foster children

Volunteer groups from throughout Sussex and Kent counties gathered Nov. 27 at the Georgetown library to donate duffle bags to the caseworkers of the Delaware Division of Family Services. The project was funded by a grant from Franklin P. Perdue and Arthur W. Perdue Foundation Inc. and donations from New Life Thrift Store, Savoy Embroidery, Lowe’s and Home Depot. 

Volunteer groups, such as Nimble Fingers, a stitching group within Sussex County’s Volunteer Delaware 50+, sew the 240 duffle bags. “It’s terribly sad to think of children being taken from their homes - oftentimes due to reasons they don’t understand. It is even worse when one realizes that they are sometimes asked to stuff their belongings into a plastic garbage bag, the most readily available container,” said Hilda Chaski Adams, who coordinates the project. “We do not want foster children to equate themselves with garbage, something disposable that no one wants. A well-constructed duffle bag of their own just might bolster a child's self-esteem during a very bad situation.”