When a client comes in for our services they receive food, formula and diapers, but they also get to shop in the clothing room for clothing, onsies, shoes, etc. The volunteer than bag these items for the clients to carry to their car.
Yesterday, a volunteer was smoothing out a Wal-mart bag and a Macy's bag. A woman, who was about to get her things bagged, asked the volunteer if she could have the Macy's bag because she never gets to shop there.
This made me think about how many times I have carried a bag out of Macy's not thinking about the bag, but the items it contained. How the little things I take for granted mean so much to someone else.
I asked around the office what some of our employees take for granted: running water, soap, health, a bed. What do you take for granted?
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- Infant Crisis Services believes every baby and toddler deserves life’s basic necessities. With the help of the community, Infant Crisis Services supplies life-sustaining formula and food as well as diapers and clothing for babies and toddlers in times of crisis. It is hard to imagine that in today's society there are babies and toddlers who go to bed hungry, yet it happens every day right here in Oklahoma. Our state has the 8th highest incidence of childhood poverty in the U.S. Infant Crisis Services serves more than 1,000 babies and toddlers in central Oklahoma each month. Infant Crisis Services is bridging the gap in current services. Government programs like WIC and DHS often require waiting periods of up to several weeks during a critical time in a baby’s development and don’t provide diapers or certain medically prescribed formulas.
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