Richard Krulik, CEO of Briggs & Riley, is the special guest this week on the Fostering Change Podcast. Rob and Richard talk about A Case for Giving event and the history of this charitable program.700 is the average number of foster care kids entering the system each day in the US. None of those children are in foster care by a choice they made and not one of them would choose that for themselves. They need to know that they matter, they are not invisible nor disposable.Briggs & Riley, a luggage company, showed that a bag can change one's life for the better. Richard, the CEO of the company explains how they, for about 10 years, have been replacing the foster children’s trash bags with a piece of luggage. They are running an amazing program, where people can bring any brand of usable luggage into a retail store to give it a “second life”, a second purpose and help sustainability as well. Donors get a credit that can be applied to the purchase of a Briggs & Riley bag. Then, their bag is donated to a local foster home or a battered women’s shelter.Now together with Comfort Cases, Briggs & Riley is creating an opportunity for the program to expand to a nationwide network of foster homes.Up until last year Comfort Cases had delivered over 150,000 comfort cases in all 50 states and Puerto Rico, without the help of a lot of corporate sponsors. Briggs & Riley is the one that decided to stand next to Comfort Cases and weather the storm of Foster Care.Richard thinks that we can really make a difference as a collective group. Social good and collective power of a group of people combined with a company can make a difference to improve the lives of those around us. Helping the kids that are finding their forever home is an initiative and effort that they took on as a company. Richard encourages other companies to think and do the same so the world can be better tomorrow than it was yesterday. Investing in a child in foster care is investing in our future. 30 000 children a year are aging out of foster care and 70% of them become homeless. But by giving them usable luggage instead of a trash bag can make a lot of difference in how they feel.If everybody were to do a couple of little things on a consistent basis, it could really move the needle. So all the puzzle pieces come together nicely and come up with some ways to make the world a better place. Just do one thing a day and you too can make a difference.When you donate a gently used piece of Briggs & Riley luggage to a participating retailer, Briggs & Riley will restore and deliver these bags to a local foster care agency. Donors will also receive up to $100 credit towards their Briggs & Riley luggage purchase. Visit https://www.briggs-riley.com/pages/a-...​ to sustainably support children in your community.https://www.facebook.com/BriggsandRiley/https://www.instagram.com/briggsandriley Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.