“NO MORE TRASH BAGS FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE” Father-of-five, Rob Scheer, reveals why he still carries a trash bag with him everywhere he goes - as a reminder of the thing he can never forget, and the thing he is determined to end.
I literally lived on the streets my entire senior year of high school,” Rob Scheer shares matter-of-factly, pausing a beat to let that fact sink in. “I was one of tens of thousands of kids each year who age out of the foster
care system in the US, and became homeless just after my 18th birthday. “Each morning I would hide my trash bag, which contained everything I owned in the world, behind some nearby bushes and go to school, hoping the other kids wouldn’t notice
the holes in my shoes, or make fun of the fact I smelled, and clearly hadn’t brushed my teeth in weeks.” After being removed from an abusive household, Rob - the youngest of ten children - grew up in the care system in Virginia.
