Draft for review. This is the record of a finished drive. Known gap: the total raised isn't published yet.
Winter 2025 · Delivered
The first drive. A forty-five item list, one of each per bag unless noted, assembled from bulk orders and handed out by hand in a church parking lot on a Friday afternoon in November.
The plan was to have everything ordered by November 10th. It was ordered inside a week.
Forty-five items, in the order they'd be bought, with a Throne wishlist for buying items directly and Venmo or Cash App for cash. The promise from the start was screenshots of every purchase and a running total.
The target was to have everything ordered by November 10th, roughly three weeks out. Everything was ordered inside seven days.
Contributions came in for menstrual products, neck gaiters and water bottles, and the Cycle Complete upgrade was added to the list the same day — enough pads and liners to move from short-term relief to a full cycle.
Bags were filled in waves as supplies arrived. The finished backpacks went out on Friday November 14th at 4pm, in the back parking lot of Vision Church Full Circle Ministry on California Street.
Needs from you before this goes public: the total raised, and whether you want the Vision Church location named on a public page.
Published October 19th, 2025. Reproduced as written.
At a Seattle bus stop, a man next to me wrung out his socks, put them in his bag, and pulled on a dry pair.
We said nothing, but I learned a lesson that day: fresh socks are basically gold.
That moment stayed with me. This winter I'm putting together backpack care packages for people living outside in Everett. Each bag will have practical warmth — socks, hygiene, gloves, and simple comfort items — I'm buying them one item at a time for everyone.
Every dollar goes straight to gear — no overhead, no middleman.
I'll post screenshots showing what's been purchased and running totals of what's come in. Everything that's sent in goes straight to the next item on the list. All bulk buys are the closest available pack size; any extras beyond 24 roll into the next run.
— Roots Worth Tending, October 19th 2025
In purchase order, top to bottom. One per bag unless noted — the same rule the current drive still runs on.