The flooding is tremendous and the needs are nationwide. We are preparing to ship a container of moms against hunger food to ship AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
The children of Fiji are at great risk RIGHT NOW.
All of the sugar industry in this little nation is washed away.... ALONG WITH THEIR CROPS TO FEED THE NATION.
Can you help? We are shipping 250,000 meals for children to eat. This is a serious need and your compassionate care is needed. Please donate today to feed the hungry.
Can you see the joy on this little child's face from being given simple orange juice?
Each child is served glasses of juice at this day care for 'at risk' children as well as gallons are sent home with each child to help the families they come from.
The Boys and Girls Home receives cases and cases of fresh orange juice, thanks to Coca Cola! This orphanage needs Moms Against Hunger and the food we supply them with.
Children in need are given lots of support - Moms Against Hunger cares for these little ones!
Food supplies are brought in to a basement facility and meals are being served .....breakfast, lunch and supper here to families in need.
In a crisis all food types are appreciated and consumed each day!
Food tables and cooking is often done outside, finding a safe place away from the destruction all around. Moms get started helping to feed shocked and hurting people all day long. Story after story is told while people stand and eat a hot meal before trying to figure out what to do next....
I want to show you some pictures of the raw reality of destruction.. a child's life and all he knew was gone in an instant. Yet his little tub of toys remains untouched...inside the terrible wind walls of terror.
It's 4:58am and this was where someone was asleep the morning the tornado slammed into their home!
Or maybe you were up making coffee getting ready to go to work when it hit your house!
IN JUST A FEW MINUTES ENTIRE COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS ARE GONE....
Our thoughts and prayers are with those who lost loved ones.... homes.... businesses.... churches....belongings... schools... Moms Against Hunger cares for you.
In memory of those who lost their lives.... Moms Against Hunger is there to help and hold, encourage and feed, and bring support to families in the Midwest grieving their terrible losses.
A group of mothers are working hard at preparing our 'Gifts in a Jar' project. Jars are filled with hot chocolate, white chocolate, dulce de leche, and strawberry mixes. These will be sold and the funds used for our Christmas projects.
If you would like to be a part of this project - the jars sell for 3.00 each. Every mom is needed and together we can provide for the needs of single parents. There are thousands of worried mothers who have nothing to give their children this Christmas. They are barely making ends meet and pray their cars don't break down, the baby sitters don't quit, and the food holds out week to week.
We are here for them.
The local chapter of Moms Against Hunger gave away 11 Thanksgiving Baskets! 43 family members had a meaningful special dinner today because of the loving hands of Moms!
Each family received a turkey along with all the trimmings to make a Thanksgiving Dinner. These were families that would not have had a special day for their children if not for the generous helpers and Moms!
We are thankful for every person who gives to MAH, and for the many volunteers who help to encourage and support local hungry families in need. Happy Thanksgiving Day!
This water was so needed!
Clean up supplies, dishes, household goods and linens, first aid supplies, health and beauty aids, baby supplies, and many many other needed items have been given away.
The Command Center was crammed with officials and computers and fast operations with the firefighters in the field. No one had time to think about food... so it was a welcome relief to have a burrito from Bullritos put in their hands while they kept working.
We are glad to be able to help these many many heros working to save homes and businesses from the wild fires...
Passing out supplies car by car...
Bread to take to families in line....
Stuffed animals for little ones to hang on to right now...
Hungry guys anxious to eat...
This home is (was) 2 blocks from Jack in the Box!
These guys are so tired and hungry!
She's still able to smile!
Nighttime is the worst!
We have sent all the socks we had - to the firemen standing in water with wet feet for days now... If you can donate to help please do so..
Panera's sent all sorts of breads for us to give out with this load. We appreciate their support.
Among many other items more sunscreen was passed out - so many hundreds of firefighters standing in the hot sun battling blazes. This is a welcome gift to each one.
Diapers bring tears to the eyes of mothers with babies.. ALL quickly given out.
Baby foods and formula - a never ending need right now. Plus lots of other supplies......
And a special treat... lot's of fresh baked cookies were donated by Magnolia's Bakery. (you guys are stars!) We sent as much as we could on this truck...
Today we pack another one to go at noon today. Last night another subdivision was evacuated at 11 pm. The fire is only 50 percent contained again! Please help and please pray....
We have sent 2 truckloads of supplies so far... and these items are being gratefully received by families who have had to run to shelters. Fire respects no one, and young and old alike, are waiting side by side, praying and waiting to see if their homes and businesses will be spared the ravages of these fire storms.
School bags are useful for each family to receive supplies and a way to carry them. It's hard to carry more than couple of things without a bag or two. So this will help for all the items we are sending to them.
Every mom is worried about what she is going to do tonight for her baby. 'What am I going to do about formula' MAH knows this need and has sent formula to these in need. This will be thankfully received by each mom. Think about trying to soothe a hungry baby in a shelter! They are tired, nervous and sense the fear around them. Only a bottle will help!
Who remembers to bring their toothbrush when you are rushing from home in a crisis? It's the last thing to think of when important papers are paramount along with kids and pets! These will be a welcome sight tonight for everyone who receives one. We are sending toothpaste too.
These are guest bags with sample size items for traveling families. Combs, deodorant, shaving cream, lotion, soap and a wash cloth inside. These will be given to seniors as they are often the last to receive any supplies.
Blankets, pillows and comforters are sent to the shelters as well. At least families will have something to sleep with tonight. Soft baby blankets and child size pillows are sent also.
We hope they will get some sleep tonight.
Bread is something that can be used to make fast meals with. We sent all sorts of baked goods, pita breads, rolls, sliced breads, pies and sugar free pies and some cakes as well. Hungry children and parents will certainly eat this evening!
We sent rolling carts, bags, plastic tubs and back packs to help families carry the supplies. This is only a partial list of what we sent already. A special thank you to all those who have given to help the needs of others in this terrible crisis! Tomorrow we will send more.... please help!
Some of the wildfires in Texas are not contained yet! We face the potential loss of thousands of homes. It’s very close to us…. 1 ½ hour from our Moms Against Hunger warehouses! I need your help!
The smells of fire are nothing compared to the smell of fear around…. Families are continually being evacuated since Sunday and new neighborhoods are emptied by the hour. Now they are gathered in make shift shelters worried sick about their homes and businesses. Crying children are joined by the silent tears of adults hoping and praying all is spared for each of them. Can you send aid today? Click to donate for aid for these victims.
The officials have made a statewide call for firefighters to join to help. While they battle the inferno’s across our state, we are doing what we can to help families. Working to keep nerves calm while they wait, each father and mother are anxious and trying to keep their children from being afraid.
We know what we need to do to help, but I need your help to do so. I need funding so supplies can be bought to help them. I need food, water and supplies for the short term use of shelters. And when the blazes are put out, there will be many who suffer the loss of all things…. So we will need to help provide housing, food and furniture for these. I need Americans……. Moms and Dads who are concerned and will send funds to Moms Against Hunger in this tragic firestorm. Please give today.
She wonders what she is supposed to do now to provide for her children. Can you help? I need your support so I can put my arms around her and offer her assurance in this terrible hour.
We need your support to offer aid to families in need. Imagine losing everything you own, your home, your pets, your history, your pictures. No one can think straight when this happens…. Many are already in a state of shock after discovering all is gone in the ruins.
Look around you right now and think of these families now at a complete loss. What can you send to Moms Against Hunger on your behalf to help these fire families. I will be able to offer aid when you send your love gift. Please give today….. and say a prayer for all of us!
I am ready to give the aid that you send to me for them. I pray the fires stop and the wind dies down and we receive much needed rain. I can only pray about those issues, but together you and I can DO something for families who are losing everything while I write to you for help.
Can you help me with funding for water, food, clothing, household goods and furniture? Together we can provide family by family assistance.
Dr Gayla Holley
Moms Against Hunger
It takes years for hurricane victims to finally recover from the devastation of a serious storm.
Many people did not survive.... (no one really knows how many lost their lives in Hurricane Ike)
Moms Against Hunger reaches out to help the survivors who are still dealing with the loss of family, homes, businesses, livelihoods, possessions and all their personal belongings.
For these.... life is still very hard and it's a daily struggle that often memories bring back the painful losses again. Finding solutions takes time... finding a job to replace the one lost takes time.... finding renewable resources for ones life takes time. The weak economy is not helping these families get back on their feet again.
'Pass It On' will provide much needed support for the families still in need. March 26th will be a day of help for them. Provisions of food, clothing, and vouchers of aid will bring encouragement to the survivors of Hurricane Ike. Medical teams will be present to provide checkups and personal attention for these families.
You can 'pay it forward' by helping one of these needy families in our "Pass It On' Campaign. Please donate $33.00 to serve a family in assistance. Your help is much appreciated by each mother, father and child who will be given a day of support - from your care for them.
Thank you to the radio stations of Houston Texas ( KNTH and KKHT )for providing support for these families still struggling the after effects of Hurricane Ike.
Just the look on her sweating face made me want to reassure her that her newborn baby would be okay out here in the hot sun. The burning sun mixed with dry blowing dust made my shirt stick to me as I stood there looking at this mother and her newborn wrapped in a towel. Where was I?
In Haiti ….where 1 million + people still live outside in the dirt! And as I walked around the tight tents of 20,000+ people giving away supplies, I see a beat up box truck with a woman inside. And suddenly I was shocked to find out that she had given birth inside this truck just a few days before!!
Her labor came on strong and having no place that was off of the dirty ground – a stranger had seen her gasping and groaning in pain…. and managed to pick her up and lay her inside this truck and left her to go through labor, delivering a child by herself!!! Alone in the heat…. with a toddler beside her and no husband to help her, she somehow delivered her own child without help in this terrible place.
I saw the depths of sorrow in her eyes and knew that she was suffering trying to care for her 2 children. Only another mother can understand how worried she is, how afraid she is, and completely dependent upon other mothers to help her in this her worst hour of life. Moms Against Hunger comes to her aid to help. No words are needed between us – the eyes say it all…. Desperate fear and relief is the only way to describe the look in her eyes. I know she saw love and compassion in mine as I gave her supplies.
Today I need your help….. we have worked diligently gathering all the needed supplies of food, clothing, baby supplies, water, first aid, shoes and portable tents. Lots of time has been spent finding the shipping money to send each container. Then painstaking time has been taken to pack each container and get it across the waters. And one at a time we have shipped an enormous amount of aid to the masses in Haiti still struggling to survive. One by one we have continued to ship necessities to mothers with children. Moms Against Hunger has shipped 18 containers of aid directly to Haiti and our support systems on the ground there. Every time you sent money to me…. we shipped another container to Haiti.
Now I need to go across to Haiti to find out how the mothers with little children are coping and I need your support. I can’t rely on the media to really tell us the truth of what is happening there with the actual people and our co –laborers are very close to the problems. The only way to know what’s truly going on ……is to go myself.
The news tells us of celebrities and politicians who have raised millions of dollars for Haiti and yet the aid has not been seen there. I wish I had their support….. together you and I have shipped millions of dollars worth of aid for pennies!!!! Millions of meals have been given out without raising any money!! How very, very sad that makes me when I KNOW exactly how much it costs to ship aid and equipment. It really makes me sick in my heart to know what could have, should have been done with the millions they have raised. We must continue on.
Please send me to Haiti. Please put in my hands money to distribute to the workers as I visit the warehouses and ongoing work. I intend to bring back a complete report – the good, the bad and the ugly truth of what is happening there for you my friends who have been a silent supply line of aid to hurting people.
Thank you for helping Moms Against Hunger make a difference in this world.
Dr Gayla Holley
Moms Against Hunger
° Yes Dr Gayla count me with you…. go and bring me back some answers.
° Yes Dr Gayla here is my financial support to send you to Haiti.
° Yes Dr Gayla I would like to see some current pictures of what is being done there now.
° I will go online and donate my support today www.momsagainsthunger.org
We have left for Haiti, and upon return this blog will be updated. The plans are to stay in a children's hospital while in Haiti. In our briefings we have been told that there are 25,000 people now surrounding one of the orphanages and it is no longer safe, the exterior walls have been pushed over by the sheer numbers of people in serious need looking for aid. So we cannot stay there, but a hospital will be reasonably safe to sleep in at night.
We will be sure to bring back a complete view - with photos of how things are going in Haiti. Keep checking back for what is happening!
A special thanks to all those who care about Haiti - your donations are helping in this terrible situation.
Our travel arrangements to arrive back home are not settled.... so far there are no seats on any planes to bring us back.. But we will see how this goes....
Dr Gayla sends another container out of the Moms Against Hunger Warehouses headed for the port and Haiti yesterday.
As a Mom I make sure children are taken care of.... so my team followed the container to the shipyard and handed over the documentation personally to make sure this container gets to Haiti as quick as possible,
It took time at the port, but Moms Against Hunger wants to get supplies to Haiti continually. So our containers can arrive with desperately needed diapers, formula, food, wipes, shoes, clothing and many other items.
You can help me with the next container by either donating funds (which help with the fuel, containers, and shipping costs) by clicking the donate button on this site.
Or you can donate goods (all types of baby products, and items a mom needs to care for children) by bringing your donations to The Community Center 2104 Underwood LaPorte Texas 77571
Thank you for your compassion for others.... please email this site to your friends to let them know actual goods are bring shipped to Haiti and they can help!!
"I am a mom who understands what moms are in need of in a crisis. The things mothers need are wipes.... lots of wet wipes! With a box of these she can cleanse her child in a simple way to refresh from all the dirt and grime of trying to survive in an outdoor situation from the earthquake. Please donate items that moms and children need on a daily basis.
Diapers.... formula....baby food....wipes.... cereal......
The students of this high school worked together and gave over 30,000 bottles of water for the Haiti earthquake victims. This donation to Moms Against Hunger is loaded by the students themselves onto our trucks. News crews were on hand to document their hard work and human kindness for other people suffering.
It took several hours for the students to hand load all of the collected water.
A special thank you to Teachers Mr Labrun and Mr Rodriques under whose direction these students brought water to give to Moms Against Hunger - Haiti shipments.
