March 29 - Free Wheelchair Mission...

Free Wheelchair Mission is an international, humanitarian, faith-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing wheelchairs for people with disabilities living in poverty in developing countries.  Working in partnership with a network of like-minded organizations, Free Wheelchair Mission has sent wheelchairs to hundreds of thousands of people around the world, providing not only the gift of mobility, but those of dignity, independence, and hope.  Take a minute to watch this short video... let it inspire you to help.





In the United States, the majority of disabled citizens will find access to a wheelchair and a life of independence. Public and private health care, government organizations, charitable groups and a variety of social services provide a safety net that grant coverage for many Americans.

However, in developing nations where poverty and economic isolation are the norm, the physically disabled must crawl on the ground or wait to be carried by loved ones to reach their most basic of needs. They are subjected to danger, disease and hopelessness. Their families strain to care for their loved one within an already overburdened existence. For most of these people, a wheelchair is a dream far beyond their wildest imagination.


Read the stories of how Free Wheelchair Mission is making a difference.


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December 12 - Angel Tree Ministries

There are so many great opportunities to make a difference at Christmas time.  I hope you will consider making a difference in the life of a child this Christmas.  I have highlighted many holiday gift programs for children but what I really like about this program is that the gift comes in the name of the child's parent. Check it out - 

MEET FORREST:
Alcoholism. Drug abuse. Divorce. Homelessness. Imprisonment. Little Forrest has witnessed them all. With his father in prison and his mom lost in a haze of drug abuse, Forrest's maternal grandparents got custody of him when he was just two years old.


"He was like a wild animal," his grandmother Bonnie says. Unable to articulate his hurt and frustration, he would hit, kick, bite, head butt, and throw things. One day at a time, "Nanna BB" and "Pappy" brought peace and stability to Forrest's world. But as Christmas neared, Bonnie began to worry. If Forrest's mom didn't visit, or he didn't get phone calls from his dad, Forrest's behavior would often regress.


"We got a call that Forrest's dad was sending Christmas gifts through Angel Tree," Bonnie says. "It was just so nice to have people supporting us. Prayer is a powerful thing."

At such a critical time in Forrest's journey, Angel Tree connected him with his daddy — helping to make sure that Forrest stayed on a path toward healing and stability. Today, Forrest's mother is working to turn her life around and restore her relationship with her son. Forrest’s dad will be released from prison soon. He, too, has vowed to turn his life around and be a faithful father.


Through the hands of volunteers, and the generosity and prayers of friends like you, children like Forrest can feel a connection with a beloved parent and the love of God even in difficult times.



YOU CAN CHANGE A CHILD'S LIFE WITH A SIMPLE CHRISTMAS GIFT! 


For more than 1.7 million children, Christmas morning means another day waking up without mom or dad. While other families celebrate together, they'll feel the ache and loneliness of "serving hard time" with their incarcerated parent. This is no way for a little boy or girl to spend Christmas with their parent. You can Deliver Love to these hurting kids and remind them what Christmas is all about!


An estimated 1.7 million children have a mom or dad in prison. The number is huge – but so is the opportunity. Angel Tree is a ministry that reaches out to the children of inmates and their families with the love of Christ. It seeks to transform the lives of these families and to reconcile them to their Heavenly Father and each other.

There are children right in your community who are among the most at-risk children in the nation. Angel Tree provides an opportunity to connect with those families and begin ministering to them at Christmas and then continue through a variety of year-round ministry opportunities.

Your gift today will provide presents on behalf of a missed mom or dad, and due to a matching grant, it will go twice as far. You'll also deliver a loving Gospel message about the true meaning of Christmas — Jesus Christ!





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Source:  http://www.angeltree.org/

November 24 - Grace Centers of Hope

People need help right now... Grace Centers of Hope is an awesome organization doing great work in my home state of Michigan.  As everyone knows, Michigan is struggling with one of the worst economies in the nation... but there are some here who making a HUGE difference! 

Grace Centers of Hope is Oakland County’s oldest and largest homeless shelter providing hope and help since 1942. Today, Grace Centers of Hope is considered one of the leading faith-based organizations in Southeastern Michigan daily confronting issues of homelessness, addiction, poverty and spiritual emptiness. On any given night, Grace Centers of Hope will accommodate between 150-200 men, women and children. Each year we serve over 127,000 meals and provide over 55,000 nights of stay.   Our budget is supported exclusively through private support; we receive no government dollars.


GCH provides the basic necessities of life: food, shelter, and clothing. Most importantly, we sustain HOPE. All programs and services provided by Grace Centers of Hope are designed to contribute significantly to the reduction of homelessness, provide clients with opportunities for life-changing recovery, and to help break the intergenerational cycle of poverty and abuse.


Grace Centers of Hope’s vital programs include the Emergency Shelter, One Year Life Skills Program for Men and Women, Children’s Programs, and the After-Care Program. All guests in our programs benefit from food and shelter services, counseling, life skills courses, vocational education, a drug-free work environment, and our state-of-the-art learning center. The results of our efforts have helped many to obtain a GED, become homeowners, regain their children, and, most importantly, develop the courage to change their lives.


Click here to learn more about the programs offered by Grace Centers of Hope. 
 

 
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Donate to Grace Centers of Hope.

Shop GCH online store. 

Conduct a "Needs" Drive to benefit GCH.

Adopt A Family for Christmas!

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Resource: http://www.gracecentersofhope.org/

November 21 - A Bed for Every Head!

210 million!  There are more orphaned and abandoned children in the world now than ever before. Today, 5,760 children will become orphans.

Sweet Sleep believes that a bed is atangible expression of God’s love and that every child deserves a clean, comfortable place to sleep.  Sweet Sleep’s vision is to passionately and tirelessly pursue the goal of providing “a bed for every head.”

Sweet Sleep is a faith-based nonprofit organization which exists to share God's love by providing beds to the world's orphaned and abandoned children. According to recent estimates, there are more than 210 million orphans worldwide. Every day, 5,760 more children become orphans.

Orphaned and abandoned children in Third World countries suffer from lack of sufficient or healthy places to sleep. From children in war-torn Sudan sleeping in trees to protect themselves from deadly hyenas to the orphans of Eastern Europe sleeping on dilapidated 50-year-old metal cots with broken springs sagging to the floor - millions of forgotten children around the world have no place to dream tonight.

These children often sleep on old, broken and soiled beds or have no beds at all – forcing them to sleep on paper-thin mats or cold, hard floors, making them susceptible to crawling, biting insects and disease. In these conditions, it is nearly impossible to get a good night’s sleep and the effects are staggering:

• 1 in 5 of all childhood deaths is caused from malaria. 90% of these children are in Africa alone.
• A sagging or misshapen mattress may add tension to a child’s joints because their bodies rest on the mattress for hours at a time. Even if a child sleeps well on a bad mattress, these injuries to their bodies only make them weaker.
• Old mattresses or scraps of foam are breeding grounds for bed bugs and allergens that contribute to startling increases in respiratory diseases, including asthma, rhinitis, eczema and bed bug bites.
• When children continuously do not get enough sleep it affects their health, makes them tired during the day, hinders their ability to do well at school and leaves them more prone to disease.

Sweet Sleep’s provision of mosquito nets to orphanages is literally life-changing to children who live in fear of death by malaria. With your help, we are able to get sweet orphaned and abandoned children around the world into healthy, comfortable new Sweet Sleep beds.  Since 2003, Sweet Sleep has worked closely with indigenous staff, and U.S. churches and businesses to provide beds and bedding to thousands of these orphaned and abandoned children.




Check out the Sweet Sleep's  Nickels for Nets  program:

Nickels for Nets is a challenging, educational and fun program to get kids involve with Sweet Sleep's mission to provide life-saving mosquito nets for orphaned and abandoned children in Africa and Haiti.



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Participate in a Sweet Sleep Mission Journey.

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Resource:  http://www.sweetsleep.org/