Second Baptist Church

A mother and her four children (M 10, M 11, F 13, F 16) recently had a couple of very traumatic experiences. They recently suffered a house fire and there has been a history of abuse in the family by the father, who is no longer in the home. When the family moved after their house burned down, many items including furniture were donated to them. The family's new home has been infested with roaches and bed bugs because of these donated items. Shortly after moving into this new home, the father was removed from the home. The mother is trying her best to raise four children on one income, but she is unable to pay for extermination. MCDSS does not have the funds to eradicate the infestation at this time.

A young mom has been hospitalized due to premature rupture of membranes. This mother is set to deliver her first child, a baby boy, prematurely at 34 weeks. MOB unfortunately missed her baby shower due to being hospitalized. Mother does not have a car seat and safe sleep arrangement for her baby. Mother is requesting support for these things! Please consider delivering these items to hospital directly, as mother will be hospitalized through delivery.

This is another request for a family that DSS has been working with for quite some time in order to prevent a family disruption that puts all 4 children in foster care. Currently, the children are having issues as far as going to school and they report they are embarrassed because they have no hot water, so they are unable to shower. This has been a source of stress for Mom and Dad as well, who report having to boil water for everything and not being able to keep things as clean as is necessary. The parents are on a very limited income and cannot afford to replace the hot water heater themselves. We are requesting they be assisted with this poverty issue.

This request is to help stabilize a child who was recently in foster care in North Carolina and has now been placed with his biological father and family in Halifax County. The family is very invested and needs minor support to stabilize the child to prevent re-entry into foster care. There is a request for a bunk bed to accommodate a shared bedroom but the family will accept a twin or full, anything they can get they are appreciative. The child also needs clothes, as he was not purchased any before leaving foster care and only was provided with minimal necessities by NCDSS

This is a family that DSS has been working with in several capacities over the years. the needs are poverty driven, but this has constituted a history of abuse and neglect allegations as well as a generational history of involvement with DSS. These products and services are being requested to support the family and prevent entry into foster care for 4 minor children involved. The family's needs are great:

the boys are 13, 12, 11 and 9. The boys need school clothes and shoes. Sizes are (pants 12-14, 12, 14, and 8), (Shirts medium, large and size 8), (Shoes; mens size 8.5, mens- 7.5, mens size 8.5 and kids size 5), (underwear men sizes small and medium and children's size medium or large).

The family is also in need of: more living room furniture an electric dryer 4 twin size beds (mattresses, boxsprings, and bed frames) four comforters set for the twin size beds, and 4 sheet sets for the twin size beds. The boys need at least two chests of drawers for their bedroom for clothing storage. For the actual home: new windows are needed for the home a hot water heater is present but may need to be installed (Needs inspection, new one may be needed) all cleaning supplies( gloves, Clorox clean up, Lysol/Lysol wipes, broom, mop, mop bucket, and dish soap, toilet bowl brush) all household toiletries are needed ( soap, tooth brushes, tooth paste, deodorant, washcloths, towels, and a shower curtain).
The home needs sheet rock to patch holes in the walls and paint for the walls.