Birthday Blessings filled 198 requests from Adair, Montgomery and Warren County foster kids in 2024.
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Birthday Blessings filled 198 requests from Adair, Montgomery and Warren County foster kids in 2024. Focusing on providing needed resources to kids in care, the nonprofit will be holding the annual Birthday Bash Donor Match Event March 28 to April 1. An anonymous business will match up to $5,000 in donations during this event.
“Our Birthday Bash is a huge opportunity for people to double their impact in the lives of at-risk children,” said Shannon VonAllmen, executive director of Birthday Blessings. “The cost of operations is increasing, and grant funding opportunities are decreasing. This event will help us continue to meet needs in the foster community.”
Last year, Birthday Blessings filled more than 2,200 requests from kids in 30 Missouri counties. This included birthday party bags with gifts targeting physical and emotional needs, care packages for struggling teens, bedding sets, household goods, baby care items, graduation celebration bags and Easter baskets.
“Kids in care aren’t used to people doing special things for them. Many have never owned new items or received a gift of any kind. When we send new bedding to promote healthy sleep, we are also letting children know we value their existence. When we send a birthday party bag with supplies to bake a cake, we are letting kids know we celebrate them. Our donors become part of that support team,” said VonAllmen.
Birthday Blessings is supported in part by the Allen P. and Josephine B. Green Foundation.
To take advantage of this event, online donations can be made at birthday-blessings.org. Checks can be mailed to Birthday Blessings, 429 Aid Ave., West Plains, MO, 65775. For more information about this campaign or how to support foster children year-round, contact VonAllmen at 417-372-5306.
