BLESSING BRIGADES

What are Blessing Brigades?

Blessing Brigades are our ways of reaching out in practical hands-on love to our fellow MOPs ladies, working to meeting whatever need may come to be known. It could be a card, a meal, an offer to babysit, shopping for the mom--taking care of any mom who is known to have a particular need in their life.

A Brigade idea should be passed through the Mentor Moms for approval. The Special Event/Hospitality teams will be apprised and will activate the Brigade, which should be carried out in groups of at least two people. Emails will be dispatched with particulars as to what is needed when and where. Details will include whether kids are allowed to participate.

Our first Brigade is to help a young Mom-to-be who has been evacuated from Marrero, Louisiana. She escaped Hurricane Katrina with only the clothes on her back. This young woman is going to deliver her baby around the second week of October. She resides at a Baptist encampment near DeRidder, Louisiana.

This soon-to-be-Mom is in need of everything a Mom and infant could need, particularly an infant car seat. Our MOPS group will be collecting supplies and packaging them for shipment on September 28th at Denise's home from 10 a.m. until 12:00 noon. Angie Baggett will be hosting a baby shower for the new Mom around October 7th, and we need to be sure our donations arrive in time.