Social work student speaks with WABI about her nonprofit for foster children
Sara Disselkamp, a social work student at the University of Maine, spoke with WABI (Channel 5) about Something to Snuggle, a nonprofit she created to provide blankets for children in the Maine foster care system. “Usually when they’re transitioned from their home into a different family, they don’t get to take any of their belongings with them, so I started making the blankets,” said Disselkamp, who was adopted herself. “I was adopted when I was two months old, and I’ve kind of always known it was part of my purpose to give back,” she said. Something to Snuggle has gathered and donated more than 500 blankets to agencies around the state, according to the report. Disselkamp, who was chosen by Glamour as Maine’s 2015 Hometown Hero, said having her name in the magazine was exciting because it has given her nonprofit national publicity. “My goal originally was to get a blanket to every foster child in Maine and then I wanted to bring awareness nationally to other foster children,” she said.