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Baby Grace brings help to local families

Recognizing that many families are struggling financially, College United Methodist Church in Warrenton has launched a local chapter of Baby Grace, an organization providing diapers and baby wipes to families in need.


Church leaders began looking for ways to help families in the community and learned about a Baby Grace program started at a church in the Kansas City area. A team traveled to see the program firsthand and decided to bring the effort home.


“We recognized right away that there’s a lot of people struggling financially in this county,” Pastor Bill LaMora said. The need became apparent during the program’s first distribution Sept. 3, when Baby Grace provided more than 1,300 diapers to 28 families.
 

Organizers expect participation to grow as more families learn about the program. The local chapter had 80 families registered for its next distribution.
The church was recently awarded a $5,000 Operation Round Up grant to support the chapter’s effort. 

Distributions are held the first Thursday of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. Families are encouraged to pre-register through a link on the church’s Facebook page, although walk-ins can register the day of the distribution. Organizers said the program is intended to be a communitywide effort, with plans to partner with other churches and organizations. “This isn’t a competition for people,” organizers said. “It’s a competition to just try to help people.” Community members can support Baby Grace by donating diapers, making financial contributions through the church or participating in diaper drives announced on the church’s social mdia pages. The program is operated entirely by volunteers, with no paid staff.
A $5,000 Operation Round Up grant was recently awarded to College United Methodist Church to aid the Baby Grace chapter supporting families with baby diapers and wipes. Pictured, from left, are Rich Barton, Cuivre River Electric Community Trust Board member; Charlotte Bradshaw, lay leader; Bill LaMora, pastor; Katie Connors, Baby Grace coordinator; Eleanor Connors; and Joyce Champion, administrative board chair.

 

Distributions are held the first Thursday of each month from 5 to 7 p.m. Families are encouraged to pre-register through a link on the church’s Facebook page, although walk-ins can register the day of the distribution.
 

Organizers said the program is intended to be a communitywide effort, with plans to partner with other churches and organizations. “This isn’t a competition for people,” organizers said. “It’s a competition to just try to help people.”
 

Community members can support Baby Grace by donating diapers, making financial contributions through the church or participating in diaper drives announced on the church’s social mdia pages. The program is operated entirely by volunteers, with no paid staff.