A child entering a foster care program is often feeling isolated and has little more than what he or she is wearing. First Presbyterian Church decided to support these children by providing “We Care Packs” paid for with its 40 percent of the Pentecost Offering. Congregation members filled backpacks with a picture postcard of the church, a few verses of Psalm 23, a book of prayers or a battery-powered hymnbook, T-shirts, teddy bears, hand puppets, sticker books, toothbrushes, and toothpaste. Combs, notebooks, pencils, and simple games suitable for various ages rounded them out. “We expressed our wish that they would be given to kids at risk whose world was suddenly turned upside down.”

Rachel Kroger
First Presbyterian Church
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
(985) 386-8011
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