JANE'S EGG BASKET
Adopt-A-Mom has a new name; Jane's Egg Basket. But whatever we call it, your donations will provide support to specific, needy moms through this annual gift drive! Just pick up an egg (or several) from the egg baskets at the back of church Palm Sunday or Easter Sunday weekends. Inside the egg you will find a suggested donation valued at $5-$10. Simply return your item(s) to us in the gathering area of the church, during collection weekends (April 29-May7) and we'll get it where it needs to go!
Although Adopt-A-Mom is gone, the Archdiocese has chosen to implement Project Gabriel, as more comprehensive program to link needy moms to their local parishes. This year, we are providing assistance to a neighbor who at 33 discovered she was expecting child #4; a child she and her husband felt they would be unable to support. Aided by the prayer and guidance offered by Project Gabriel, they have made the choice for life. But they need our help. Our "Jane" is due on September 2nd, and her family's needs are obviously somewhat different than other mom's. We hope to be able to fulfill their family's urgent needs (their first request is for beds (new or used) for their entire family), supply new baby things and provide family support in many other ways over the course of the next 5 months.
Queen of Angels' enthusiasm for this program was so overwhelming last year, that we felt confident in also extending it to embrace a local Teen Mother program, brought to our attention through the parish St. Vincent DePaul Society. This Teen Parents program (Called Parenting ProGRESS), is administered by the Ravenswood Evangelical Covenant Church. Their congregation saw a need to provide after-birth support to young moms facing the educational stresses of teens, and the emotional stresses of parenthood. Their program offers life-lessons in household management and parenting, while also providing day care and necessary goods to support their teen moms and dads. Our support will fill their "closet", and keep their services available to a "forgotten" group of kids.
Additional items, which exceed the needs of these two programs, will be donated to The Women's Center, a counseling and resource center for women facing "crisis" pregnancies.
Thank you all for your support in this effort. Please contact Patti Corbitt (773-275-8044, or pcorbitt@comcast.net) if you have any questions.
