sallie's angels

after a year of supporting and donating to the salvation army's sallie house, i am honored to now be an official part of the program as a sallie's angel. the sallie house is an emergency foster care home for children coming directly out of abusive homes. many come in police cars wearing only diapers. the intent is that the children will hold of one the 18 spots for a week or two until they are placed in a safe home of a relative, but the majority ended up staying indefinitely for months and months and even over a year. one child has been there half of his 3 years of his life. for safety reasons, they are removed from their school and placed in a new school with all new people they do not know. since it is not federally funded, they operate on donations from the community. the stories are heart wrenching...hearing of children being taken to surgery with no support of family, celebrating birthdays alone with no parents to watch them blow out candles, only being offered water as the house cannot afford milk or juice. the children are kept clean and safe, but it is the work of the angels to make the house a home. this year they have gone from 8 angels to now 50. i have been asked to lead the birthday celebration committee. we will make sure that each child will have a birthday celebration complete with party hats, cake, and a few small gifts. i know there are so many people surrounding me that would love to be a part of this so i will continue to announce the needs of the sallie house and describe the birthday children each month. if you are able to help in the smallest of ways, i would be so appreciative. i am always able to come and pick up and items you purchase no matter small or large.

here are some of the current general needs of the children of the sallie house:

any field trip sponsors/ giftcards (mcdonald's, chick-fil-a, chuck e. cheese's, movies)
*liquid bath wash
*stage 5 pull ups
educational toys
puzzles
plastic tea sets
art supplies
toy animals
books
new dvd's
*wet wipes
*socks

the first birthday is october 18th, a little girl turning two. i will hear soon what theme party she would hope to have.