Join us this Easter in bringing encouragement, hope, and healing to hundreds of kids in crisis. We are collecting Easter baskets for children in domestic abuse shelters and transitional living facilities throughout east Tennessee and north Georgia.

For those who are interested in partnering with us to be the tender hands of Jesus to these precious little ones, there are ways you can contribute. Have your family/children, community group, Sunday School class, church youth, or office team build Easter baskets (contact us for specific details on assembly and delivery). If you cannot build the baskets but would like to donate supplies to help fill the baskets, that is also an option. You can sponsor a child to receive an Easter gift basket by donating online (we recommend $10 per basket).

Most importantly, we need prayer warriors. Exposure to domestic violence can have long-term effects on children and teens. Your prayers are efficacious in opening spiritual doors, breaking down emotional strongholds, and reversing generational cycles of abuse, so that wounded young lives may find resiliency and healing.

The shelters and facilities do have a few guidelines: no homemade food items, such as cookies/candies because food items require proper ingredient labels. However, homemade craft items are fine, as long as you try to avoid small items with choking hazards. It’s also helpful to not have to sort “girl” items from “boy” items, so it’s ideal if they are not gender-specific supplies.

A few suggested items include:

• Jesus/resurrection themed items
• Easter books/Bible stories
• Stuffed animals
• Crayons/markers/pencils
• Mini notebooks/coloring books
• Stickers
• Novelty items without choking hazard parts
• Card games
• Candy/gummies
• Individual snacks such as cheese/crackers, dried fruit
• Hygiene items
• Anything you might put in your own child’s Easter basket
• Notes from your children will be appreciated, as well, to make the baskets more personal

Contact Cindy for more info (423) 400-1358.

Thanks, Everyone!