• Click here to send Chesnie Cares an email.
  • Click here to donate a duffel bag or stuffed animal to Chesnie Cares.
Click here if you are an organization or social worker that needs bags. See a note from our founder Chesnie below.

We are Chesnie Cares, an organization dedicated to helping children who have had the unfortunate experience of being removed from their homes by The Department of Children and Family Services. Our 10 year old founder Chesnie has a straight forward mission... to let these kids know that someone does care about them. The work that we do is simple in nature, but can have a dramatic impact on the lives of these Southern Illinois children. Join us in supplying these kids with a duffel bag for their belongings. Trash bags are for trash, not for a child's things.

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