Marist senior collects luggage to ease burdens for foster children
Marist High School senior, Eagle Scout candidate, and Christ the King parishioner Grayson Herr sorts through donated luggage at Christ the King Parish on June 21, 2026. For many foster children, moving from one home to another can mean carrying their belongings in garbage bags, and often, those garbage bags may have trash in them. After learning about the heartbreaking reality many foster youth face, Grayson decided to do something about it and reached out to his parish community and beyond to fill his garage with donated luggage. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Grayson's dad, Terry Herr, helps him unload a trunk full of luggage donated by a parishioner. Marist High School senior, Eagle Scout candidate, and Christ the King parishioner Grayson Herr sorts through donated luggage at Christ the King Parish on June 21, 2026. For many foster children, moving from one home to another can mean carrying their belongings in garbage bags, and often, those garbage bags may have trash in them. After learning about the heartbreaking reality many foster youth face, Grayson decided to do something about it and reached out to his parish community and beyond to fill his garage with donated luggage. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Will Wiers, who is also an Eagle candidate, and Margaret Martin, who is a scout in Troop 609, help Grayson sort through luggage in front of the church. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Margaret Martin, who is a scout in Troop 609, and a classmate of Grayson’s, helps him load luggage in front of the church. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
