While some volunteers are busy with visible relief efforts, others are assisting behind the scenes, caring for small and vulnerable disaster victims — the children.
• 1979 — Texas Baptist men went to Wichita Falls, Texas, in response to a tornado. Four teams of volunteers went to help care for
When disaster strikes, there are about 150 child care volunteers in Alabama who are ready to open a center with little notice. “We can set
Children are impacted by profound loss and confusion,” said Donna Swarts, national child care coordinator for Southern Baptist disaster relief. When a crisis or disaster
The Woman’s Missionary Union and Girls in Action of Indian Lake Baptist Church, Northport, raised $4,000 during their third annual cake and art auction for
Christians freely confess that God created all things. Sometimes, however, our minds think about material things when we reference God as Creator. Yet the Bible
Carol Walker can’t stop the tears when she tells her own rag doll story. It was Christmas Eve and Walker’s father, a coal miner in
Commercial sexual exploitation remains a major problem among the young in the United States, with an estimated 100,000 U.S. children trafficked annually, experts say. “The
