First Baptist Church of Cape Girardeau

Foster parent is trying to make a placement of a 7 yo boy that just came into care happen. He will be sharing an upstairs loft style bedroom with an older boy and to ensure they both have a divider is needed. Go To Link

Options for Women, Help for Families has a young, pregnant mom with a 2 yr old daughter living in an unsafe environment. She has a place to go if she leaves the situation, but no vehicle to get back and forth to work. She has some money for a down payment but if anyone has a reliable car they have been thinking of donating or decreasing the price on it would make a huge difference in their lives. Please prayerfully consider helping this sweet lady, her unborn baby and her daughter be able to be safe.

We have a client who regularly comes to parenting classes who is a hard worker and loving mom of 6 children ages ranging from 1 month to 13yrs old. She is the sole breadwinner in the family. Her husband stays home and cares for the young children. She has worked hard and saved money in able for them to have their own home and a dependable vehicle. She has been on maternity leave this past month and things are really tight. She has managed to pay for enough food and rest of bills but is struggling to come up with the $258 car payment due on Thursday May 29th. The family would appreciate any assistance. Thank you for your consideration.

Adoptive parent needs a rear window regulator and motor. It's around $62 at O'reilly's. The child has severe allergies and she's worried it may fall down again while driving and the wind in his face is not good for his health. She has also had multiple appointments and needs help with gas to be able to make all of her and her son's appointment's.

Placement is in need of an electric stove. They have been using other methods to cook but really need a stove.

WE NEED TO RESCUE A FAMILY TODAY! A Family of Seven( A Mother of Six children). Four are Cape Public students and two are 3 yrs and under. We have a commitment of $500 from two of the local churches. I need to see if another church would like to commitment to assisting with $161.00. This mother has never ask for assistance from the school before. This money is need by today in order to keep her electric on. Just $161.00!!!

A family member has taken all three children for a safety plan. The family member does not have enough enough food to feed all three children, and does not have enough resources currently to buy more things for the children. The family needs enough food to be able to get them through to the family member's next payment.

Kinship family is in need of a fire escape ladder, as the foster youth bedroom is on the 2nd floor, therefore the family can move forward in the foster licensing process. It looks like per searching these range between $50-$110 from Amazon, Walmart, and Ace Hardware. Thank you for your assistances in this need.

A foster youth lost his phone when running away from a dog in the neighborhood he lives in. He retraced his steps but wasn't able to find it. His phone does not have a phone plan or minutes, therefore there was no additional way to track it. The youth use his phone on WIFI to communicate with his family. If someone has a phone that they are not using or would be willing to purchase a pay as you go type phone, I know this youth would appreciate it, therefore he can be in communication with his family.

Youth is in need of a pair of tennis shoes. The ones he had has broken down and he is wearing slides only at this time. Per his last placement his shoes weren't in with his items and attempted a few times to gain additional items, but no shoes were found. This youth wears a mans 10.5 and really enjoys dark colored Nike shoes, but stated he is okay with whatever he can get. Thank you for any assistance to help this youth gain a new pair of shoes.

Family recently experienced a financial hardship and lost their housing. The father returned to work and they have secured housing and electricity. The family does not have enough saved to cover the cost of the $200.00 water deposit.

Hope Childrens Home has taken in 9 kids and needs help with meals. Go To Link