February Giving Bucket for Babies

Our giving bucket is full again, so were taking all the food weve been collecting up to the food bank at our church, Chase Oaks Church in Plano. This month, were going to be filling our giving bucket with something different. Instead of picking out one food item each time we go to the grocery store, in February, well be picking out baby items. Baby food, cereal, bottle brushes, pacifiers, baby bath soap, ect.... When our giving bucket gets full this month, well be donating it to the School Age Parenting Program through PISD. Someone has come from this program the past 2 years to talk with the MOMS group at Chase Oaks Church. With the help of this program, students of Plano ISD who become pregnant can get the support that they need. It has really inspired me to reach out to them in some way. Becoming a mom can be such a scarey thing when youre an adult. I cant imagine what it must feel like to realize youll be bringing a baby into this world, when as the mom, youre still a child yourself. These moms need all the support they can get!

The Plano ISD School Age Parent Program has volunteer / mentor opportunities and accepts donations. This info is available on their website:
We accept slightly used baby clothes, maternity clothes and baby items such as cribs, car seats, books, toys, etc. Please deliver any donations to:

Allan Bird Education Center
1300 19th Street
Plano, Texas 75074
469-752-2293

"Share with Gods people who are in need."

-Romans12:13

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Grey Rileys Giving Bucket

Well, to start this off, were going to re-awaken something we started last year. Itll be a good thing to start with because itll continue throughout the year. We have kinda neglected it over the summer. Our "giving bucket" is a tall tupperware that we keep in the kitchen. Each time we go to the grocery store, Greyson and Riley pick one thing to add to the "giving bucket." Either a box of Macaroni, Ramen noodle, a canned fruti or vegetable, ect...They are in charge of putting it in the bucket while I put away groceries in the kitchen. When the bucket gets full, well take it to a food pantry, church or to someone who needs it.
We talked about this at the dinner table last night and it kept Greyson talking for a while. Who needs this food...lead to conversations of us being so thankful that we have a kitchen full of food each day, that our Daddy has a job so we can go to the store....then that lead to how thankful we are to have a home and not be homeless. We talked about how we couldnt imagine not having a warm, dry house to live in this week with the CONSTANT rain lately! Greyson said, "Well, we just need to go out and find all the houses that nobody wants to buy and give it to the homeless people to live in together. Then when we run out of those houses, well get the worker people to build them some houses."
I sure wish we could let all the 4 year olds solve the problems in our world...the solutions really should be as easy as they see it!

"A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor."
-Proverbs 22:9

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April Giving Bucket Collecting Toiletries

Greyson and Rileys Daddy, Chris, travels quite a bit. So, over the next few months hes going to help us fill our Giving Bucket with something different. When Chris goes out of town and stays in a hotel each week, hell be bringing back the little bottles of shampoo, conditioner, soap, ect. When we have enough collected were going to take it to a shelter in our area.

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