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Comfort Cases Partners with Actor François Arnaud and Under Armour to Bring Comfort and Dignity to Youth in Foster Care
Every child deserves to know they matter. A backpack can’t change everything they’re facing, but it’s something of their own and a reminder that someone cares”
— François Arnaud
GAITHERSBURG, MD, UNITED STATES, November 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Comfort Cases is partnering with actor François Arnaud and Under Armour to provide backpacks filled with essential items for children and teens entering the foster care system. Moved by founder Rob Scheer’s story, Arnaud dedicated resources from his partnership with Under Armour to the cause. The brand built on his generosity with an additional contribution, helping Comfort Cases reach more young people.
Comfort Cases provides young people entering foster care with bags filled with personal care items and comforting essentials to help them through an uncertain transition. Inspired by Scheer’s own experience in foster care, the organization’s mission is rooted in a simple belief: every child deserves to be treated with dignity.
“After hearing Rob’s story and learning that so many children enter foster care carrying their belongings in trash bags, I couldn’t stop thinking about what that must feel like,” said Arnaud. “Every child deserves to know they matter. A backpack can’t change everything they’re facing, but it’s something of their own and a reminder that someone cares. I wanted to contribute through my partnership with Under Armour, and I’m grateful they added their own support to help that contribution go further.”
The combined contribution will provide backpacks for Comfort Cases packing events throughout the coming year, including those held during National Adoption Awareness Month in November and National Foster Care Awareness Month in May, helping ensure more children and teens entering foster care receive essential and comforting items in a backpack of their own.
“What stayed with me about François was how deeply he connected with the stories of the children behind our mission,” said Rob Scheer, founder of Comfort Cases. “He listened and wanted to give. His generosity, together with Under Armour’s support, will help us remind more young people that they are valued and cared for during an uncertain time in their lives.”
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Comfort Cases is a nonprofit organization dedicated to restoring dignity to children and youth entering foster care. Since being founded in 2013, the organization has provided more than 320,000 backpacks filled with essential comfort and personal-care items so children entering care have something of their own and are not forced to carry their belongings in trash bags. Comfort Cases works with child welfare agencies, community organizations and corporate partners throughout the United States to ensure children entering foster care are treated with dignity from the very beginning. For more information, visit www.comfortcases.org.