If you don't know what the Isaiah 117 House is, they are a home for displaced children who are waiting to be placed with their forever family.
From their site:
"When children are removed from their homes out of concern for their safety, they are usually brought to a child welfare services office to await placement. This wait can be a few hours to several days. These children often have nothing with them and are scared, lonely, hungry, and in dirty clothing.
Isaiah 117 provides a comforting home where these children instead can be brought to wait – a place that is safe with friendly and loving volunteers who provide clean clothes, smiles, toys, and snuggly blankets. This space allows children to receive the comfort and care they need while child welfare staff can do the necessary paperwork and identify a good placement.
The mission of Isaiah 117 House is threefold:
reduce trauma for children awaiting placement
lighten the load for child welfare services
ease the transition for foster families"
As a business in the Waco community, we take it upon ourselves to provide what support we can to those in need within our community. Our goal is to support and spread awareness to those in need right under our noses - those who often get missed and potentially forgotten.
We look forward to all that the Isaiah 117 House will bring to the children in need in our community and hope that seeing their mission will inspire you to get involved, too.
Here is a short list of their current donation needs:
Current Needs:
Monetary gifts
Gift cards
Adult size male and female pajamas & clothes (only new)
Teen size male and female pajamas & clothes (only new)
Jeans in all sizes (only new)
Underwear all sizes (only new)
Socks all sizes (only new)
No used items please
You may visit their website here to learn more about the Isaiah 117 House and their mission here in Waco.