TAMPA, Fla. - Hillsborough County and the Tampa International Airport are partnering to help provide backpacks, bags and luggage to children in need.

Hillsborough County created "Duffels of Dignity" to provide children in foster care or shelters with a bag to carry their belongings in.

Recently, TPA donated unclaimed luggage to the program, in an effort to help the community and repurpose more unclaimed items from its Lost and Found Department.

The backstory:

Hillsborough County Children's Services started Duffels of Dignity a few years ago.

"It started with our family getting some new luggage for a trip, and the question came up with ‘what do we do with the old stuff?’" Craig Jewesak, the administrative service coordinator with Hillsborough County Children's Services, said.

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