The only relationships he has known were ones of pain and fear, yet he still feels the loss when he is removed from his abusers. After all, that was the only life he knew. A homemade blanket and four days of clothes and necessities cannot heal his suffering, but it's a start.

Women and children throughout Austin bravely seek refuge in domestic abuse shelters with nothing to their names but hope. A duffel full of necessities and clothing may seem small until you have nothing.

When a child is removed from an abusive or neglectful home life, that scared kid is dropped off at a foster home or emergency shelter with a small trash bag full of their sparse belongings. That's not good enough.

A mother finds the courage to leave the violence and abuse knowing her and her precious child will have nothing. Mothers show up at emergency domestic shelters each day in Austin seeking safety and a new start. With your generosity, we do our best to help.

Many of the children entering foster care have witnessed or experienced untold violence and require far more than a clean bed. For Every Child endeavors to help these children as best we can because no child should feel unloved.

For the majority of the children we serve, basic hygenie needs have not been met.  Something as small as a bar of soap does much more than remove dirt.  It also removes the shame associated with not smelling good.  Providing a handmade bag filled with toiletries not only enables cleanliness, it also provides each child with some dignity.