The Purple Bag Project
Halloween Happiness Delivered: Bringing Halloween joy to children in need.
Emily’s Trick or Treat to Cure Crohn's & Colitis provides Halloween fun to hundreds of kids, but unfortunately there are many other children in the community who don’t get to experience Halloween at all.
THE PURPLE BAG PROJECT is a way to expand the reach of Emily’s Trick or Treat to Cure Crohn's & Colitis and deliver Halloween joy to those children.
Since 2023, we have delivered 1,000 bags to the communities in need.
For a donation of just $36, we’ll provide a child with a purple tote bag filled with Halloween-themed goodies including toys, crafts, and candy! Our “Emily's Junior Leadership Crew” will then hand-deliver these bags to local hospitals, homeless shelters, foster care and more.
2025 Purple Bag Project Co-Chairs
Support the Purple Bag Project
Looking for a Community Service/Mitzvah Project?
Benefiting the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation the Purple Bag Project is a turn key project that supports children in our community and the work of the Foundation. As a Purple Bag Project chair, you can help support the project in many ways and bring your own passions by helping identify organizations to receive bags, activities, and ideas for the bags.
What is provided:
- Turn Key Tools to share your project
- Website Link & QR Code for Donations
- Weekly Reports of Donations
- Help to Identify organizations and activities for the purple bags
- Customized Thank you Notes
- Opportunity to deliver bags to local organizations
- Opportunity to help stuff bags
- Name on Purple Bags
Questions:
- Emmy Freeman - Foundation Staff
- efreeman@crohnscolitisfoundation.org
- (678) 794-4478
- Kathryn Owens- Foundation Staff
- ksowens@crohnscolitisfoundation.org
- (929) 448-5709
- Stacey Rothberg & Jodi Sonenshine- Founders
Emily's Junior Leadership Crew
Ever since the inception of Emily's Trick or Treat in 2017, we held a vision for the day when Emily's children would actively participate in this cherished event. In 2021, that vision became a reality with the launch of "Emily's Junior Leadership Crew." Comprising motivated middle school children, this dedicated group seeks to deepen their understanding of philanthropy while actively contributing to the success of Emily's event.
The Junior Leadership Crew plays an indispensable role in the event's planning, fundraising, and execution, ensuring its continued growth and impact.
Nurturing the next generation of philanthropists has always been a core belief of ours.
We strongly believe in instilling in our children the significance of giving back, the value of tzedakah, and the power of active engagement in community service.
As part of their meaningful community, Bar and Bat Mitzvah projects, exceptional members of our Junior Leadership Crew will spearhead this important initiative.
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