LOUISIANA · TEXAS · ARKANSAS · OKLAHOMAPacked with Love,
Carried with Hope.
We show up for children during the first hours after they are removed from their home. A backpack, something soft, and an encouraging note.
Any amount helps. A bag costs $200 to assemble. Every dollar counts.
Held together, piece by piece. ♥ Light through what was once only shadow.
A child coming into our care is not broken.
OUR STORY
They are a piece of something larger that is being held, supported and seen. Every Geaux Bags is one piece of the whole.
For more than a decade, we have been showing up for children across four states during the moments that matter most.
"What love builds, it builds slowly. One piece at a time."
26,000+
children served since 2013$4.6M
invested directly into children, not overhead4 states
and growing, piece by pieceOUR PROJECTS
Three ways we show up.
Touch a heart. Let it light its own story.
For the night a child leaves home
Geaux Bags™
A Geaux Bag goes with a child during the first forty-eight hours after they are removed from their home. Inside is a backpack, pajamas, a journal, something soft, and a note from a child who has been where they are now. Standard, Teen, and Infant versions mean the bag fits the child who receives it.
For the teenagers who age out of the gift table
Just Be-Clause
Most Christmas drives stop at twelve. Just Be-Clause was built for the teenagers, thirteen through eighteen, often identified by a school resource officer who knows the kids by name.
For the day a child finds home for good
Geaux Adopt
In partnership with Jockey Being Family, Geaux Adopt gives each newly adopted child a book bag monogrammed with their own initials, a teddy bear, and a blanket. Adoptive parents receive a bag of adoption resources.
Geaux Bags™
A Geaux Bag goes with a child the night they leave home. Inside is something soft, something familiar, and a note from a child who has been where they are now. We deliver these within the first forty-eight hours.
What's Inside
A backpack they can call their own
Theirs to keep, in a size that fits them
A journal for their thoughts
A safe space for self-expression
Comfort items and pajamas
Something soft for difficult nights
A note of encouragement
Words from another child or volunteer
Any amount helps.
Come See What Love Builds
A gift from you becomes a pillow, a pair of pajamas, a journal. One piece of a bag that will go home with a child tonight.
One-Time Gift
Any amount helps. A complete Geaux Bag runs about $200 to assemble but every dollar, at any size, becomes something real in a child's hands: a pair of pajamas, a journal, a note that tells them they are not alone.
Monthly Partnership
Recurring donors help us keep bags stocked year-round. A monthly gift means we can show up every time a child needs us, not just when we have the funds.
For Our Partners
We keep you stocked.
We work Louisiana State Police, DCFS, Family Justice Centers, Sheriff Departments, and city police. If your department hands bags to children during removals, we keep you stocked. If it does not yet, we would like to talk.