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Journey bag effort – St. Charles teen, others put together items for foster children

St. Charles resident Micah Wilson, 13, an eighth-grader at Thompson Middle School, collected approximately 2,000 journey bags with the help of BMO Harris Bank and the BMO200 Wish Fountain. The bags, which contain toiletries, a blanket, a nightlight, and several other comfort items, will be distributed by CASA Kane County to children in the Department of Children and Family Services and court systems. The Forgotten Initiative is also on the receiving end of the project. (Sandy Bressner)

St. Charles resident Micah Wilson, 13, an eighth-grader at Thompson Middle School, collected approximately 2,000 journey bags with the help of BMO Harris Bank and the BMO200 Wish Fountain. The bags, which contain toiletries, a blanket, a nightlight, and several other comfort items, will be distributed by CASA Kane County to children in the Department of Children and Family Services and court systems. The Forgotten Initiative is also on the receiving end of the project. (Sandy Bressner)

CASA Kane County Vice President of Advocacy and Operations Cat Battista helps load some of the approximately 2,000 journey bags collected by Micah Wilson, 13, (far right) an eighth-grader at Thompson Middle School, as CASA Kane County Advocate Supervisor Kelly Vatianou (center) looks on at Christ Community Church in St. Charles. Wilson collected the bags with the help of BMO Harris Bank and the BMO200 Wish Fountain. The bags, which contain toiletries, a blanket, a nightlight and several other comfort items, will be distributed by CASA Kane County to children in the Department of Children and Family Services and court systems. The Forgotten Initiative is also on the receiving end of the project. (Sandy Bressner)

St. Charles resident Micah Wilson, 13, an eighth-grader at Thompson Middle School, (top) loads some of the approximately 2,000 journey bags he collected with the help of BMO Harris Bank and the BMO200 Wish Fountain. The bags, which contain toiletries, a blanket, a nightlight and several other comfort items, will be distributed by CASA Kane County to children in the Department of Children and Family Services and court systems. The Forgotten Initiative is also on the receiving end of the project. CASA Kane County Advocate Supervisor Amy Girardot is pictured at bottom right.

Courtney Wilson (bottom) helps load some of the approximately 2,000 journey bags collected by her son, Micah Wilson, 13, an eighth-grader at Thompson Middle School, with the help of CASA Kane County Vice President of Advocacy and Operations Cat Battista (top left) and Executive Director Gloria Bunce (top right) at Christ Community Church in St. Charles. Micah Wilson collected the bags with the help of BMO Harris Bank and the BMO200 Wish Fountain. The bags, which contain toiletries, a blanket, a nightlight and several other comfort items, will be distributed by CASA Kane County to children in the Department of Children and Family Services and court systems. The Forgotten Initiative is also on the receiving end of the project. (Sandy Bressner)