Toyota Tennessee and Toyota Missouri Team Up to Help Children in Foster Care

Every August, Toyota’s North American casting plants in Missouri and Tennessee mark Team Member Appreciation Month. This year’s theme is Piece by Piece, We Build Our Success Together. In addition to fun contests, an appreciation gift and delicious meals, the plants gave team members a chance to give back.

Volunteers gathered around long tables stacked with backpacks, blankets, books, hygiene products, journals and stuffed animals. They filled each pack with essentials — and a handwritten note of encouragement meant to make an uncertain journey feel a little less daunting.

Known as Packing Parties, both events were held in collaboration with Comfort Cases, a nationwide non-profit, that works to help youth in foster care.

Read more here.