Crafts 4 Hope Community Blog

We were able to raise $50.00 and that is a good thing. This does not include our supporters are helping in other ways by crocheting hats for the NICU, quilting baby blankets and donating baby items for Cornerstone's Thift Store. Cornerstone passes out baby bottles each year from Mother's Day to Father's Day. Your support bought tears to my eyes because Crafts 4 Hope has been invited to attend the Gala October 16th, 2025 and I will be sure to make it known how much I appreciate our supporters - thank you! To learn more about the mission of Cornerstone, please watch this short video:

July 19th 2025, I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Everything is going to be fine. I am going to come out the otherside in one piece as the cancer is a grade 2 stage 1a, but goodness, is it a journey. When I first found out, I was devasted. But I have since reached out to 5 local churches in the area for prayer and I have a wonderful friend who is a Breast Cancer survivor who takes me to all of my cancer related appointments. I have also reached out to a Social Worker, a Mental Health Expert and a Registered Dietician to help guide me through my cancer journey. Sometimes I cry and sometimes I laugh to help me cope but I always pray and I am grateful for all the help along the way. When life gives you lemons , I have to make lemonade! So, to this end, I made 18 cards and presented them to the Frank and Edith Scarpa Reginal Cancer Pavillion , pictured above, where I am being treated and I also started a youtube to document my journey: @MyBreastCancerJourney2025 They were thorouhly a...

Because of your baby donations, Crafts 4 Hope Foundation, Inc was invited and did attend an Open House that Cornerstone hosted April 10th, 2025. Also, in AugustIt was so excitinbg to see your donations on display in the little Thirft Shop they had on the premises. In addition we toured the medical faciility they had with the nurse on staff. Then, we went on to tour the education department and check out their resource room. We also toured their Mobile Unit. For those of you unfamiliar with Cornerstone, they are a pregnancy and abortion information clinic. It is a Womaen's Resource Clinic and they do wonderful work. In the year of 2024, they were able to get 72 mothers to change their mind and NOT have abourtions. This is so wonderful and please keep your baby donations coming, you are such a blessing to the work Cornerstone is and will continue to be doing. Crafts 4 Hope Foundation, Inc received an invitation to attend their Gala in October and I will be very happy to do so. Thank...

We stopped in the Salvation Army in the Month of May and Quality Care Services inc., Early Head Start had a display table. Interested in community resources, I stopped and talked with them and found out that they were now recruiting babies 0-3 years old to join one of their 4 locations for FREE services. They have FREE Children Services and FREE Parent Services. For the 0-3 year olds they have Diapers and Wipes are provided during the program. Health Screenings, Individualized Education and Nutritional food is provided. For the parents, their Early Head Start program has monly parent meetings, parent policy council, parent community resources and fatherhood activities. For your convenience, here are the locations and contact information for anyone that is interested: Bridgeton Location: GOLDEN GATE DEVELOPMENT CENTER IV 41 N. Pearl Street Millville Location: GOLDEN GATE MILLVILLE 250 Rieck Ave Vineland Location: GOLDEN GATE CHILDCARE DEVELOPMENT CENTER II ...

The Struggle Is Real September 9th is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day. It is a time when the WCTU promotes the importance of abstinence through educating the public. In 1966, at Newcomb Hospital in Vineland, New Jersey, a baby girl was born three months premature, weighing only 3.2 pounds. The room was filled with excitement, but it quickly turned to concern as the baby did not cry, open her eyes, or respond to touch or sound. Nurses and doctors exchanged frantic whispers, trying to figure out what to do next. The baby was rushed to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), where she stayed for the next three months. Her mother was informed that the infant was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, Failure to Thrive, and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Overcome with guilt for not following medical advice to abstain from smoking and drinking during pregnancy, the mother chose to leave the newborn in the care of the hospital and Child Protective Services upon discharge and did not retu...