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Season of Our SaviorEach year during the Christmas season, Birmingham Baptist Association offers you and your church or group ways to share hope with others... Christmas stockings for Birmingham childrenBBA churches work with dozens of area service agencies to provide stockings full of gifts for needy children in our community. We receive requests for thousands of stockings each year, and the requests always outnumber the donations. Help us change that this year! If you choose this project, stockings should be approximately fifteen to eighteen inches long, and six to seven inches wide. They can be homemade or bought. Fill them with nuts, candy, coloring books, crayons, or small toys (no fruit, please). They do not need to be elaborate. If a choice is to be made, use less expensive stockings and put more inside. Please attach a label (download/print sheet of four labels here) to the stocking specifying whether it is for a boy or girl. Also note the age:
Cakes at ChristmasLast year we had requests for 2,000 cakes from area prisons and service agencies. We received approximately 700 cakes to fill those requests. If you choose this project for this coming season, ideally, the cakes should be in bakery-type boxes since they have to be stacked and stored. Please call as soon as possible to let us know how many cakes your group will contribute. You can also donate online for the purchase of cakes. Hygiene KitsWe provide boarding homes in our area with hygiene kits for their residents. You can follow the same packing instructions for these kits as you see listed on our Food for Friends packing list. 2011 collection day: Tuesday, Dec.6 at the BBA buildingFor more information, call the Birmingham Baptist Association at 205-599-3245 or lindap@bbaonline.org. |
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