Shoes for GiGi's

Karen Miller putting on the first pair of shoes.

         GiGi’s place (one of 19 care points through Children’s Cup) is a soup kitchen located minutes from where we live.  The soup kitchen wears many hats in the neighborhood where it is located.  Each day they feed around 250 children.  All of the children are OVC’s (orphaned or vulnerable children). The meal they provide comes from an organization called, “feed my hungry children.”  Each packet of rice has a full day’s worth of vitamins.  This is great news because this one meal is typically the only meal these children will eat each day.  GiGi’s is has a teacher who teaches preschool to many of the OVC’s and a few Grandmother’s who volunteer their time to cook for the children.  GiGi’s offers a safe place for the children to be before they head home for the evening.

         The children who attended Bethany First Church’s VBS raised money for the children at GiGi’s.  The kids raised $2500!  This was enough for each child at GiGi’s to receive a new pair of school shoes and a pair of socks.  While the GO team was here the compassion team played a role in purchasing and passing out the shoes.  The joy on the children’s faces were priceless!  Thank you BFC kiddos for making a difference!