Orangetheory Fitness Short North
A trash bag should never be a child’s suitcase…
Our 2022 Orangetheory Short North fundraising goal is $5,625. This will put 125 Comfort Cases into the hands of children entering or moving through the Ohio foster care system.
THE COST OF A COMFORT CASE: $45
At Orangetheory Short North we have the most positive and loving community that is committed to more life. This is an incredible opportunity to bring a smile to a child’s face, and to make a meaningful difference by providing hope and love to the lives of Ohio children in crisis.
On any given day in Ohio, there are nearly 16,000 youth currently in foster care. With over 25,000 youth entering the foster care system in our state every year (2022 Ohio Annual Services and Progress Report).
These youth, who have often been neglected and let down by the adults in their life, should not have to start their foster care journey with a sense of hopelessness and worthlessness by being handed a trash bag.
We should not ask them to carry their belongings in bags that the rest of us use for trash. Also, we should not expect them to essentially use a “stranger’s” bar of soap and toiletries on the first day they meet. Unfortunately, this is the experience of Ohio youth in foster care every day.
Comfort Cases aims to eliminate the demoralizing practice of placing children in homes with their belongings in trash bags.
Comfort Cases is a foster care nonprofit, founded in 2013, whose mission is to inspire communities to bring dignity and hope to youth in foster care. They do this by providing each of the thousands of youth entering the foster care system in Ohio with Comfort Cases. Comfort Cases are backpacks with essential and comfort items for the first few days in which youth enter foster care. The cases are age- and gender-specific bags with the following essentials and comfort items: pajamas, blankets, toiletries, journals, books, pens, coloring books, crayons, and stuffed animals.
And WE can help support this amazing effort not only through monetary donations but by coming together to personally pick and pack the Comfort Cases. This is where we can put our hands and heart towards the community effort by choosing the actual Comfort items and placing them in the backpack.
If you are interested in helping us pack Comfort Cases, please contact the studio front desk for more information.
Your financial donation and/or hands-on contribution is sincerely appreciated.
ABOUT Orangetheory Fitness 2022
Supporters | |||
Name | Date | Amount | Comments |
Ronnie Donna Miller/Hoffman | 11/18/2022 | $45.00 | Sara Hautz | 11/18/2022 | $45.00 | Jermaine Eppert | 11/18/2022 | $90.00 | Susan Mead | 11/18/2022 | $90.00 | Ross Evans | 11/18/2022 | $187.62 | Given my role with Hamilton County Foster Care, you knew I would be a sucker for this! | Shelby Gaines | 11/18/2022 | $45.00 | Paige Trentman | 11/18/2022 | $45.00 | Dan Frosch Sandra Wechsler | 11/18/2022 | $51.80 | Great to support such a worthy cause! Thanks for helping organize Juliette. | Frank Wechsler | 11/18/2022 | $90.00 | Juliette - your mom and I are pleased to help out in this wonderful endeavor! | Anna Wojciechowski | 11/18/2022 | $46.65 | OTFSN | Sydney Smith | 11/18/2022 | $46.65 | Chris Brumbach | 11/18/2022 | $46.65 | Juliette - Glad to donate. Congrats on your efforts to ease the way for children who are changing families! | Emily Kight | 11/18/2022 | $45.00 | Hannah Entwistle | 11/18/2022 | $45.00 | John & Becky Yehl | 11/17/2022 | $50.00 | Carolyn Oehrig | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Luke & Jordan Wolford | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Paulina Madrid | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Bailey Cremeans and Andie Lim | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | Amanda Lambros | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | Thank you for fundraising for the too often neglected foster children! | Stephanie Lentz | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | Heath McMillion | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Jennifer Gaboutou | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | Cal Vordem Esche | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Brian Dressel | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | Kelly Cremeans | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | Bill & Jennie Edwards | 11/17/2022 | $46.65 | In honor of Rachel Edwards | Tracy Mitchell | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Hannah Bierwirth | 11/17/2022 | $93.00 | Mikaylah Woods | 11/17/2022 | $45.00 | Hari Louvakis | 11/16/2022 | $93.00 | Kaitlyn Kopyar | 11/16/2022 | $46.65 | Kelsey Bick | 11/16/2022 | $93.00 | Carmen Haefke | 11/16/2022 | $10.00 | Sophie Mitchell | 11/16/2022 | $10.61 | Rachel Edwards | 11/16/2022 | $46.65 | Christopher Hagan | 11/16/2022 | $45.00 | From Chris & Ashley, with love. | Anonymous Friend | 11/16/2022 | $515.24 | Every child should have a good start…for life! | Paola Saponaro | 11/15/2022 | $50.00 | Emma Ciesick | 11/15/2022 | $45.00 | Matt Geiyer | 11/14/2022 | $45.00 | Mary Hager | 11/14/2022 | $45.00 | Lashonda Miller | 11/14/2022 | $93.00 | Anonymous Friend | 11/14/2022 | $20.91 | Weslie Donia | 11/14/2022 | $232.03 | Davy Ciolli | 11/13/2022 | $45.00 | Bridget Stapleton | 11/12/2022 | $46.65 | Patrick Weston | 11/12/2022 | $45.00 | Janet Dawson | 11/12/2022 | $90.00 | Susan Mead | 11/12/2022 | $135.00 | Parker Goodson | 11/10/2022 | $180.00 | Lili Milano | 11/10/2022 | $5.00 | OTF Short North Fundraiser | Lili Milano | 11/10/2022 | $41.50 | Travis Maxwell | 11/09/2022 | $93.00 | Alex Barragan | 11/09/2022 | $45.00 | Nora Jacobsen | 11/09/2022 | $51.80 | OTF Short North Fundraiser | Donna & Ronnie Hoffman-Miller | 11/09/2022 | $45.00 | OTFSN comfort case fundraiser | Jennifer Klaus | 11/09/2022 | $45.00 | Kate Phillips | 11/09/2022 | $46.65 | What a wonderful cause, good luck with hitting that target | Rafia Shafqat | 11/09/2022 | $93.00 | Mecklin Ragan | 11/08/2022 | $234.44 | Parth Shah | 11/08/2022 | $45.00 | Susan & Jon Wood | 11/08/2022 | $93.96 | Russell Gibbons | 11/07/2022 | $300.00 | Adam Grooms | 11/07/2022 | $46.65 | Mary & Fred Lind | 11/06/2022 | $100.00 | Bethany Beaman | 11/06/2022 | $93.00 | Victor Wise | 11/06/2022 | $93.00 | Nicole Knight | 11/05/2022 | $154.79 | OTF Short North 2022 campaign | Melissa Hamilton | 11/04/2022 | $93.96 | John Bir | 11/04/2022 | $46.65 | Zoheb Upade | 11/04/2022 | $45.00 | Ryan Hodson | 11/03/2022 | $232.03 |
Total | $5,681.09 |