Ten Allstate volunteers built 50 Foster Youth Activity Bags during an in-person Kynd Kit event. The kits went directly to the BAIR Foundation, matched ahead of time by Project Helping.
How it worked
The team ran the build as a production line, with materials arriving in bulk instead of individual boxes. Volunteers set up stations, each one adding a part to the bag as it moved down the line. The session was self-hosted, with Project Helping’s facilitator guide and printed kit instructions guiding the team through the process. No customization was added to the kits. Project Helping’s program manager set up the program, confirmed the details, and arranged the shipment so everything volunteers needed arrived ready to build. Project Helping also identified and confirmed the BAIR Foundation as the recipient before the event, so the team knew where their work was headed from the start. Instead of shipping the finished bags back, the group delivered the completed kits straight to the BAIR Foundation themselves.
Each Foster Youth Activity Bag gives a young person in foster care something to call their own during a transition. Allstate’s afternoon of building turned into 50 bags now in the hands of the BAIR Foundation. Any team looking for a hands-on way to support foster youth can run a program like this one.
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