Hope in a Suitcase is a volunteer-driven, nonprofit group benefiting foster children.  Our mission is simple.  We provide children and teens in foster care with a suitcase, along with basic essentials and comfort items, to make their transition into the foster care system and their circumstances just a little bit easier and more dignified. 

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WATCH OUR VIDEO TO LEARN MORE ABOUT OUR “SHOPPING DAYS” FOR TWEENS AND TEENS!

About

No child should have to carry his or her belongings in a trash bag. A personalized suitcase or duffel bag, along with basic essentials and comfort items, sends children entering foster care a message that they are important and cared for by our community.

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Superheroes of Hope

-Karl Austen

-Barbara Bartman / Auntie Barbara's Kids

-Dave and Sheila Gold Foundation

-Pritzker Foster Care Initiative & Foster Care Counts

-Jaime & Andrew Schwartzberg

-Water Buffalo Club

-West Coast Archives / Matt Casden

angels of hope

-Dr. & Mrs. W. Gerald Austen

-Cecile & Fred Bartman Foundation

--The Buckley School

-Foster Nation

-Lauren Elizabeth & Cameron Fuller

-Arthur H. & Rosalie Kaplan Family Fund  (A Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles)

-Momentous Insurance

-Dean Pitchford & Michael Mealiffe

-Katherine & Jerry Sung Family

-William V. Todd

Take Action

Your efforts and donations can make a difference.  Get involved to help kids in your city!  Organize a drive at your office, school or with your community group.  Make a monetary donation or donate a gift card.  Spread the word!

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Heroes of Hope

-BeautyMark International / Mark Freeman & Jill Roberts

-Jenny & Thomas Lennon

-Seth MacFarlane

friends of hope

-Annette Arellano

-Arixa Capital Advisors

-Milton & Ruth Berman Family Foundation

-Elizabeth Bowns

-Jodi Guber Brufsky

-The Camarda Family

-Victor and Wendy Coleman

-Carlton Cuse

-Susie Fox

-Vanessa & Darryl Frank Foundation

-Alexandra and Brad Fuller

-Lee Geller

-Thoman Gilsenan

-Jonathan Goldblatt

-Peter Gould

-Marina Heatzig

-Andrew & Heather Horn

-Daniel Paul & Brbara Ann Horwitz Foundation

-Stacy Kravetz & Jay Goldberg

-Ryan & Carly LeVine

-The Mackenzie Family

-Margaret & Jim Meenaghan

-Melissa & Steven Melnick

-Sarah & Neal Moritz

-Patricia Muecke

-Will & Kristin Price Foundation & Michael & Kathryn Price

-Darryl Seif

-Bobby Shea (Commanding Corp)

-UTA Foundation

-The Velveteen Rabbit

-The Wanglin Family

-Aurora & Marc Weinstock Family

-Sharon & Alan Wertheimer

-Kathryn Williams

-Juilan & Jeff Zolkin