A Handmade Gift for Foster Children They’ll Cherish Forever

14-year-old Eliza White of Gretna, Nebraska, has a fun side business rolling. She spends her weekends hitting up local craft fairs to sell her beautiful, handmade pillows.

But this isn’t just about making a little extra pocket money. For every single pillow a customer buys, Eliza hand-stuffs, sews, and donates a second one to a child entering the foster care system — complete with a sweet tag reading, “You are strong. You are loved.”

Foster care is a huge part of the White family’s life. In fact, their household went from three to eight in just two-and-a-half years.

But the real magic happened when social workers brought a two-year-old girl named Eliana to their house for an emergency placement. When the toddler arrived, she had nothing but a backpack containing crayons, a coloring book, and — unbelievably — one of Eliza’s very own donation pillows. The moment left the entire family in tears — and the Whites officially adopted little Eliana last year.

With the help of her mom and grandmother, Eliza has donated hundreds of pillows, with plans to keep her pillow project going for years to come.