Mitzvah Project*
Comfort Cases
BQLI Region has selected Comfort Cases as the Mitzvah Project for the 2026 Woman of Achievement Gala to coordinate with the Tzedekah (Social Action) Project for the 2026 Women's League Convention.
What is Comfort Cases?
Comfort Cases inspires communities to bring dignity and hope to youth in foster care. On any given day, there are more than 390,000 children in foster care in the United States. Most of them are removed from their homes with little more than the clothes on their backs. If they do have any personal belongings, they are given a trash bag in which to carry them.
What is a Comfort Case?
When a child is removed from their home and enters the foster care system, they are given a trash bag to pack their belongings; a trash bag should never be a child’s suitcase. A Comfort Case is a backpack or small duffel bag filled with goods to provide foster children with dignity and hope. Each case contains essentials for a child’s first few days in care—including new pajamas, a warm blanket, toiletries, and a "comfort item" like a stuffed animal or book. Comfort Cases are thoughtfully curated for three distinct age groups: babies up to age two, children ages three to ten, and teenagers 11 and older. By supporting this drive, you are telling a vulnerable child that they are seen, they are worthy, and they matter.
How Does Comfort Cases Make an Impact?
In 2025 alone, they distributed 25,293 Comfort Cases, 7,668 Comfort XL’s (32 inch duffel bag), and volunteers served 10,000 hours.
Ways to Support
1. Give Online: https://wizevents.com/comfortcases/
Financial contributions will be used to purchase wish list items, with a specific focus on age groups that receive fewer physical donations.
2. Give by Check
Make your check payable to WLCJ or Women's League for Conservative Judaism
Include a note / or add on the memo line that it's for the Social Action: Comfort Cares
Mail it to:
Women's League for Conservative Judaism
3080 Broadway, Suite K900
New York, NY 10027
3080 Broadway, Suite K900
New York, NY 10027
3. Amazon Wish List
Access the Comfort Cases Amazon Wish List: https://a.co/09TwXRUN
Important: During checkout, please select "Gift Receipt" and include WLCJ, your Region name, Sisterhood Affiliate name, or Individual Member name so we can track our impact.
4. Ship Directly to the Warehouse
Other Retailers: You may also purchase items through retailers such as Target, Walmart, Kohl’s, or JCPenney. Purchased items can be sent directly to Comfort Cases warehouse:
Comfort Cases, 9300 Gaither Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20877
You can view the list of essential and comfort items here.
Women's League Cares Chair: Jerilyn Payne [email protected]
*The Mitzvah Project is a BQLI Region Tikkun Olam initiative that we support at our Annual Woman of Achievement Gala. In past years our members have collected toiletries and feminine hygiene projects for local women’s shelters and donated to:
- Hatzilu Rescue Organization
- Matilde’s Mentionables
- Neve Hanna Children’s Home
- Lend A Hand Project
- Masorti Olami Ukraine Campaign
- Shifrah and Puah Maternity Center
- Friends of the IDF
- Sisters Helping Sisters Emergency Relief Fund 2025 California Wildfires