How Comfort Cases Is Replacing Trash Bags with Dignity for Foster Kids | Rob Scheer, Comfort Cases

When we think about foster care, we often focus on what happens after a child enters the system. But what if the most powerful thing we could do starts with something as simple as a backpack? In Episode 7, Dorothy Stuehmke speaks with Rob Scheer, Founder and CEO of Comfort Cases, about what it truly means to give a child dignity on one of the hardest days of their life - and how one man's experience in foster care became a movement that has reached every state in the country. You'll learn: • Why the trash bag became a symbol of disposability for children in foster care - and how replacing it changes everything • How Comfort Cases has delivered more than 250,000 backpacks filled with essentials and comfort items to foster children across all 50 states • What Rob's own journey through foster care, homelessness, and adoption taught him about resilience, dignity, and the power of community • How volunteers, donors, and everyday people can help ensure no child ever enters foster care feeling forgotten 🤝 Support Comfort Cases through the Do Good on Purpose Giving Circle: https://www.grapevine.org/giving-circ... 📌 Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:57 The foster care system: statistics and realities 03:23 Personal journey: from foster care to nonprofit founder 07:22 What children experience upon entering foster care 09:44 The importance of community and neighborly support 13:13 The impact of dignity and basic needs on foster children 18:03 Rob Scheer’s resilience and personal motivation 22:35 The story of Comfort Cases and its mission 27:09 Expanding the impact: future plans and global reach 31:43 How listeners can support and get involved 🔗 Connect with Dorothy Stuehmke: LinkedIn:   / dorothystuehmke   Instagram:   / dorothystuehmke   TikTok:   / dorothystuehmke   #fostercare #ComfortCases #NoMoreTrashBags #childwelfare #fostercareawareness #socialimpact #nonprofitleadership #changemakers #dogoodonpurpose #givingcircle