Since we discovered that children removed suddenly from their homes by the courts and placed in foster or medical care were leaving with their few possessions in garbage bags, NCJW has been providing duffel bags with necessities and comfort items.

Started in 1998, Pic-A-Bag has expanded and now reaches children through Children and Youth Services, the Homeless Children's Education Fund, Intermediate Units in Allegheny and surrounding counties, and Family and Juvenile Court.

This fall, we teamed with Pittsburgh Steeler Charlie Batch and the Best of the Batch Foundation to provide "NCJW BatchPacks" filled with needed school supplies to children at Barrett Elementary School in Homestead.