BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A call to action from a Kentucky foster care worker leads to a viral Facebook post.
Vanessa Sewell is a family development specialist and foster family recruiter at Specialized Alternatives for Families and Youth (SAFY) in Bowling Green.
Sewell writes that she picked up an 11-year-old a few days ago, so he could move in with a family.
But most of his possessions were stuffed into two trash bags. Other foster kids arrive with their stuff in garbage bags as well.
So Sewell took her plea to social media, asking for people to donate their used luggage, so foster children have a dignified way to move their things.
Sewell's post has been shared more than 18-thousand times.
There are needs all across the state.
- Bowling Green:
143 Fairway St. Ste. 103
Bowling Green, KY 42103
270-331-0688 (call/text)
sewellv@safy.org
- Elizabethtown:
708 Westport Rd.
Suite 103
Elizabethtown, KY 42701
Phone: 270-766-1397
Talk to Jesse
- Lexington:
861 Corporate Drive
Suite 101
Lexington, KY 40503
Phone: 859-971-2585
Ask for James or Victoria
- Louisville:
1169 Eastern Pkwy
Suite 3364
Louisville, KY 40217
Phone: 502-813-8280
Ask for Jinny or Kristy
- Northern Kentucky (Campbell County area):
1 Moock Road, Building B
Suite 101
Wilder, Kentucky 41071
Phone: 859-341-9333
Ask for Lisa or Tom
- Somerset:
3540 S Hwy 27
Suite 4
Somerset, KY 42501
Phone: 606-679-1815
Ask for Laura or Jennifer M.