Another Childhood
The first night bag.

Our foster-care partner keeps a shelf of welcome kits: pajamas, two outfits, socks, a sweatshirt. Every kit is sorted by age and season from Outgrown donations.
The kits are given by caseworkers, privately. Outgrown never knows the child, and that’s how it should be.
Outgrown stories are illustrative and never identify the children or families who receive clothing.
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