Totes to Tots Inc.- Please join us in supporting Georgia’s foster children!
Northside Hospital Cancer Institute/Georgia Cancer Specialists (GCS) is proud to support Totes to Tots Inc. by collecting brand new backpacks, suitcases, and essential care items for foster children in Georgia.
Please click on the link below for additional information:
Since 2002, we have partnered with the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS)- Division of Family and Children Services (DFCS). We have collected and distributed over 80,000 age-appropriate totes and essential care items to more than 10,000 foster children within Georgia’s foster care system. In October of 2020, Totes to Tots Inc. was established as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Totes to Tots partners with the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) to distribute the bags in the counties in which they’re collected.
Georgia Cancer Specialists learned about the plight of Georgia’s foster children from the story of one of our own employees whose foster child arrived with all of his personal possessions stuffed in a garbage bag. His few clothes, toys, and toothbrush were just thrown together, and a couple of his toys were even broken. As a mother, she wondered what kind of message that sent the child about his importance. This only emphasizes how de-valued and disposable the child felt. Her telling of this story, and the desire of many of our staff to participate in a community service project in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was the start of Totes to Tots non-profit organization.
Loading map...
