Thanks be to God for indescribable gifts!
God is sending Bethany Christian Services “Manna from Heaven”
In the last year we have asked for some real specific donation requests & help, the out pouring from our volunteers, church friends, & business owners, has been phenomenal. Thank you!
- Christmas gifts, household goods & children’s clothing – Spring Creek
- Coming Home Gift Bags for our adoptive families
- Hand made baby blankets, booties & hats
- Birth Mom memory boxes & gift baskets/bags - Elmbrook
- Abstinence Purity necklaces & gift items - Elmbrook
- The gift of the 3 hearts, triad bracelet sets made by various women’s groups – Elmbrook, 1st Presyterian of Oostburg
- Four brand new toddler cars seats & 2 booster car seat
- Baby bottles donated to implement a baby bottle ministry
- Celebrate Adoption in Style Fashion show 2 businesses underwrote, 48 businesses donated to silent auction, 7 businesses provided the clothing, & 24 BCS children the were models
- Money donated to purchase baby & toddler Annie CPR manikins & supplies – 2 board member
- 7 businesses contributed to underwrite the 2008 Bethany banquet in Waupun
- Golf Marathon costs underwritten
- Bethany Shower in FDL sponsored by volunteers
- Specific Birth Mom needs are being donated by individuals & church groups
- 26 Birth Mom’s Day gifts bags filled and donated by a church – Harvest Community
- Professional Photos for our advertising pieces – Babboni Photography
- Home made baked goods & snacks for our info and training meetings
- Champions for Children through church partnerships
- BCRC Church Appreciation Event May 9th underwritten – Board Member
- 37 Birth mom gift baskets One church group - Oakwood
- Abstinence Necklaces & Triad Bracelet sets - Spring Creek
- Church groups gathering items & Back Packs for foster car children - Oakwood
- Many volunteers hours preparing items for our new multi cultural resource library
- 3- cases of Adoption Parenting Book: Creating a Toolbox, Building Connections to give to adoptive families – Adoptive Grand parents
- Building bookshelves for our new Multicultural Resource Library – board members
- Labeling and cataloging books, toys games for resource library - volunteers
- Hand Crafted Thank You & Congratulations Cards - volunteers
- Digital Camera donated through the effort of a - board member
- Golf Marathon gift certificates & gift donated – local businesses
- Volunteer using expertise with excel - making efficient, user friendly & organized spread sheets & Power point presentations for Bethany
- Donation of 414 Huggies diapers for the boy 241 diapers for the girl (Pampers Easy Ups and Huggies Pull Ups) to assist birth mom with her children
- Partnership with Cornerstone church to host Dr. Purvis event in October 2009
- FDL Fondue Fest Volunteers help promote Bethany Christian Services
- Volunteers purchased and sewed curtains for FDL office
- Donation of an infant car seat 112 diapers and a $25 Pick-n-Save card – teaching the joy of giving to their young children
- Beautiful hand crafted thank you and congratulation cards – church women’s group
- Take charge project leader/volunteer for fashion show
- 2008 Cookie Event Coordinator – Brookfield Christian Reformed Church – priceless!
- Many bakers, & cookie decorators – Brookfield CRC & Shepherd on the Hill
- Professional baker donating time & expertise to advance our cookie sale
- Photographer volunteers time for Celebrate Fashion in Style
- Paul Mitchell’s hair school donating time to fix kids hair for fashion show
- Volunteers doing office work making copies & putting educational booklets together
- Volunteer sharing expertise of Grant Writing and research – priceless!
- Many donations of clothing for children in emergency assessment foster homes
- Bethany families willing to share their stories through speaking engagements
- Financial donations provide BCS the ability to help families and birth moms in financial need, and to offer FREE adoption & abstinence education
- Scrapebooks/life books & Birth mom baskets - The Ridge
- Infant car seat, diapers baby clothes, blankets & 2 $50 gift cards (Elmbrook)
- Christmas gifts for birth mom with other children
- Welcome Home bags and hand made cards – Mops group – Spring Creek church
- Donations of multicultural dolls from personal collection
- Fleece, knitted, crocheted and quilted blankets – individuals and women’s groups
- Back packs for assessment home foster kids, “donated by kids for kids” – Cornerstone church
- Mission: Hope – Adoption Orphan Ministry – Oakwood Church
- Hosting Birth Mother’s day Luncheon – Harvest Community Church