Staff at Tampa International Airport passed along 119 forgotten bags to the Duffels of Dignity program last month. The bags will give kids in care a better way to move their things than plastic sacks.
“When a child is removed from a home, most of the times they leave very quickly, they’re removed abruptly, and their personal items, their belongings are many times just taken in a trash bag,” Craig Jewesak, administrative service coordinator with Hillsborough County Children’s Services, said per FOX 13 News.
Each year, workers at the airport’s Lost and Found sort through 30,000 left-behind items. If no one claims something after a month, it goes to local groups that help others. Dortresia Johnson, who runs guest services, said her team works hard to find the owners first. “We’re not trying to hold your items here, so, if your items are unclaimed, it still has a meaningful purpose,” Johnson said…