Peniel Baptist Church

We are requesting support for a 15-year-old youth who is preparing to return to public school for the first time after participating in online learning. This fall will mark her first year in high school, and she is in need of school supplies to ensure a strong and confident start.

This youth is motivated to re-engage in her education, and having the right tools will help her feel prepared and supported during this important transition. Below is a list of the items she needs:

Requested School Supplies:

Pens (Blue or Black)

#2 Pencils (mechanical pencils are OK)

Dry Erase Markers

College-ruled Lined Paper

(3) Spiral Notebooks (College-ruled)

Highlighters

Colored Pencils

Graph Paper Composition Notebook

Post-it Notes

(6) Folders

3x5 Index Cards

TI-30Xa Calculator (optional but helpful)

Any contribution toward meeting this need is deeply appreciated. Your support will directly impact this young person’s readiness and confidence as she returns to the classroom.

After facing many challenges, a resilient single mother and her four wonderful children are beginning a fresh chapter together. Our hope is to help make this transition a joyful and positive experience. One of the ways we'd love to support them is by providing bikes, helmets, and protective pads (IE Knee and elbow pads) for each of the children and mom. The kids (ages 7-Boy, 5-Girl, 4-Boy. and 3-Girl) are full of energy, and having bikes would give them a healthy outlet for play, a sense of freedom, and a way to explore their neighborhood safely together. For a mom working hard to rebuild stability, this simple gift would mean the world by creating new and lasting memories with her young children.

The wonderful relative caregivers have placement of their two granddaughters (ages 9 and 10). The children have been living with the grandparents since April, but were not officially sheltered until this month. The grandparents have taken care of the children on their own since April. The grandparents are not receiving funding for the children just yet. The grandmother has asked for assistance obtaining clothing for the children- summer clothes for now, as well as help with school clothes. Both girls wear a size small in woman's clothing. Request for help obtaining clothing or gift cards for the children to pick out the clothing.

A teenage boy who is preparing to transition into his forever placement. He will be placed with his younger brother. As he prepares for this transition, he is need of a large durable piece of luggage to help him transport his belongings.

Any support in providing a large suitcase would be greatly appreciated and will help make this transition smooth.

This child is in need of a weight set as a part of his coping skills within our program. This child's main goal within services in his own Words is to be adopted as his mother disappeared 3 years ago due to drug use and he has the desire to be adopted along with his siblings after severe neglect took place within the home. The family would benefit from this weight set because of how this supports the client's coping skills and current goals and future desire of going into the military to serve our nation and to build strength for his wrestling team in high school. In the meantime, until he is adopted, he would like to work toward his physical health being strong so he is able and ready for anything and equal to anything he may encounter going forward in his life. The family would greatly appreciate this because they have been doing a lot for both this child and his sibling without the support they were promised kicking in and low funds for anything beyond basic needs.

We have a young, single mom of three (ages 3, 5 & 7) who recently took in her 17 year old cousin who is 25 weeks pregnant. This mom desperately wants to get back to work, but was recently told the engine is actually blown in the car she was trying to repair and she had to sell it to salvage today. A replacement vehicle donation is in the works but the mom is in need a little help with funding transfer of tag/title, etc. and a car seat for the 3 year old and two booster seats; one for the 5 year old & 7 year old. A home visit has been made to see the 17 year old and literature for A Women's Resource Center was provided to her with an application for parenting classes.