Spreading Love and Comfort: The Teddy Bear Brigade’s Mission
Since our founding in 1998, the total number of stuffies we have distributed is over 625,000! We have shipped to 21 states and 35 countries.
Since our founding in 1998, the total number of stuffies we have distributed is over 625,000! We have shipped to 21 states and 35 countries.
During the recent pandemic, we also began assisting animal rescue shelters. We learned that by helping provide pet food and supplies we were not only helping rescue organizations take care of animals in their care, we were also helping struggling families wanting to keep their cherished pets at home.
The fire destroyed or damaged more than 2,200 buildings, 86% of them residential, officials said. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) estimates it will cost $5.5 billion to rebuild the town.
We receive, send, ship, deliver our supplies in boxes. Made of simple cardboard, but they transport hope and healing, encouragement and relief, love and life.
With earthquakes in Haiti to tornados across the Southern US and out of control wildfires in Canada, this year’s Disaster Season has officially begun.
Officials are calling this storm one of the deadliest tornados ever recorded in the state.
Gleaning For The World is accepting financial donations to support our partners in this region who are already providing aid to the victims. Survivors do not have enough food, water and basic supplies and not having basic supplies can increase the risk of diseases and deaths.
Together through charity in 2021, we’ve delivered 11 truckloads of refrigerated/frozen food valued at $482,000 throughout central Virginia and so much more! Gleaning For The World was able to do all of this through the guidance of our Lord God, and because of kind donors like you. Remember, there are only…
While our team of volunteers has been actively collecting tornado relief supplies at our local Sam’s Club, Gleaning’s staff members have been busy answering calls and talking with folks who’ve dropped off donations at our office; and our warehouse crew has been working hard to sort and pack the donated supplies, to get them ready for the first truck headed to the Heartland…
Our hearts go out to these families and communities. We are responding, and, soon we will be sending aid to individuals and families in need. We will be out at Sam’s Club on Wards Road in Lynchburg, Virginia beginning at Noon, Monday, December 13…