We contacted a church downtown and asked their secretary if they knew any families who were struggling and needed some help, ones that we could work with personally. She was able to give us the number of a family. We called them. They called us back, thankfully. We explained ourselves...
The gist: We have a family we can help!!! They have 5 kids and one on the way. The eldest one is 16. The father lost his job. The mother works for now, but will have to take maternity leave soon. That doesn't put them in a good situation. In addition, their house burned down not even a year ago, and they are renting a place right now.
When talking with the mother on the phone, she was in tears and immediately grateful that we would be willing to help. The group is going to go meet the family tomorrow (hopefully take some pictures/video we can share) and learn more information about how we can be of service. We have some ideas in mind already, but want to ask them about it also.
We will be selling t-shirts on campus this week Thursday and Friday during the lunch and dinner hours to help with additional funding for our cause. We will also be raffling off some Brewers and Bucks tickets for those interested.
We have just under a week to make a difference here, but the more people we can get to know about this the better.
About the Children's Service Society of Wisconsin: We invite everyone to sign up and join in their Run/Walk by April 29. This is a great WAY to support their cause in aiding foster families!
You, my brothers, were called to be free.
But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature;
rather, serve one another in love.
But do not use your freedom to indulge the sinful nature;
rather, serve one another in love.
Galatians 5:13
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