We would like to introduce to you a community-wide project that we believe you will want to be involved in. It's My Very Own is a program that was conceived because of the needs of children in our community, who many times each month are removed from their homes due to the illegal activities of their parents. Many of these children lose everything they have.
Methamphetamines, or "meth" is usually manufactured in the home. Due to the toxic fumes it produces, everything they have has been contaminated. By the time the local children's services agency has placed them in a foster home, they are left with nothing that previously belonged to them.
It's My Very Own is a program that provides a Bag of Love to each child removed by CPS. The handmade cloth bag contains several items, including a handmade quilt, a stuffed animal, and age and gender appropriate toys and personal care items. As you might imagine, these bags become a very important part of these children's lives.
This program has been highly successful in other communities due to the many donations that keep it going. The administrative costs that are required to operate this program are all given by volunteers. Everything that you donate goes to the children. Our needs are for prayer, volunteers wearing many different hats, personal care items, new toys for all ages.
