Our Bags of Love Ministry is a group that makes quilts, personal items and plush toys for children being placed into foster care within Oxford, Androscoggin, and Franklin Counties.
When a child is removed from their home by the local child protective service, it is often in the middle of the night. Usually, they can take nothing with them but the clothes on their backs. They are frightened and very alone. They may have seen a parent arrested and taken away in handcuffs, or worse.
A child orphaned by a parent’s drug addiction, or perhaps by abuse or neglect, often loses everything: their toys, clothes, personal items, even family pictures. These children are in need – not because of anything that they have done, but because of the choices of others. All children removed from their homes are victims.
Our Bags of Love Ministry is designed to help ease the transition for children when they must be removed from their home. We provide them something to call their very own. The contents of the bags are very basic, but special: a hand-made quilt (48" x 60"); a soft, cuddly toy; personal care items (such as a comb, hairbrush, toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.); two toys for young children, and age-appropriate items for older children. Our Bags of Love are delivered to the local agencies charged with removing children due to abuse or neglect. The Bags of Love help ease the pain by showing the children the love of their community.
Volunteers are always needed to sew quilts and bags. You can donate items for the bags, or donate money to purchase needed items. All gifts are tax-deductible. Help us help them!
For more information on how you can join Bags of Love, please contact us. Or if you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to this ministry, please click here.