Save a Baby's Life This Christmas
An open letter from Pastor Dave Frederick:
Dear Friends,
This Christmas, we want to invite you to help us change the world.
Well, maybe not change the whole world, but change the world for a baby.
Every year we partner with Children’s Relief International (CRI) to save the lives of babies who
are in desperate condition in Mozambique, Africa and elsewhere in the world.
The Tessa Grace Nutrition Center provides for babies whose moms are too malnourished or
sick to nurse them. Sometimes their mothers have died in childbirth, and they are being cared
for by a grandmother or sibling. No one can afford alternative nutrition to help these babies
survive.
When they come to Tessa Grace, everything changes. They get medical care and formula, and
their caregiver receives practical help and support. Over the course of two years the babies
move from death to life, from darkness to light.
Our Goal: 150 Babies
150 babies still need sponsorships in order to receive this life-saving care from Tessa Grace. 150 babies who will likely die without the intervention from this fundraiser.
Our goal is to save all of them.
$600 will provide full care for a baby for a full year, which is $50 a month, or $12.50 a week.
Saving 150 babies will require $90,000.
How many babies can you save? Or maybe you are someone who can provide help for a few weeks or months.
Every gift is appreciated, and every gift changes a life.
Every penny raised will be directly given to CRI to cover the cost of saving these babies. (We cover the administrative costs ourselves.)
Every donation is 100% tax deductible.
Will you help?
In our church we have 150 lights, each with the name of a baby in Mozambique. For every baby that is provided for, a light will be turned on to visually celebrate — "This one received the gift of life!"
We also have a walk-through that visually depicts the before-and-after lives of our Tessa Grace babies, and how these babies are being saved. The whole family is invited to experience the walk-through especially on the important dates you can see below.
Find out more information about Tessa Grace and what impact your gift will have here.
With gratitude,
Dave Frederick
Senior Pastor
Vineyard Church of DuPage
Important
Dates
Sunday Nov 24, 10am
Launch Day
Saturday Dec 21, 10am
Open House & Walkthrough
Sunday Jan 5, 10am
Celebration
Sunday
In our church we have 150 lights, each with the name of a baby in Mozambique. For every baby that is provided for, a light will be turned on to visually celebrate — "This one received the gift of life!"
We also have a walk-through that visually depicts the before-and-after lives of our Tessa Grace babies, and how these babies are being saved. The whole family is invited to experience the walk-through especially on these important dates
Come hear and see the mission, vision, and stories, during our morning church service, and afterwards enjoy an African meal while checking out our in-building walkthrough of the Tessa Grace ministry. Our service runs from 10:00-11:30am with lunch following immediately afterwards.
Our address:
Vineyard Church of DuPage
1900 Manchester rd
Wheaton, IL 60187
Come with the whole family to our Christmas open house!
Enjoy Christmas cookies and hot chocolate while experiencing our walk-through display showing more about the children being saved and the impact of Tessa Grace.
Families and kids are invited to dress in African capulanas, play local drums, try their hands atpounding corn into flour or engage in one of our Christmas activity tables. Don’t forget to bring your camera and take a family selfie in front of our Christmas tree!
Start the new year by celebrating with us as we unveil the final number of babies we were able to save.
Bookmark this page and track the progress with us as we update the number each and every week!
Thank you for giving the gift of Life and bringing light into someone’s darkness.
Especially at Christmas, saving a baby seems like the right thing to do!
About Tessa Grace
In areas of deep poverty, individuals suffer from hunger, illness, and injustice. Without access to basic medications, treatable or preventable illnesses become life-threatening. Undernutrition complicates this further, contributing to approximately half of all deaths in children under 5 years old (World Health Organization).
Through our Tessa Grace Nutrition program, we deliver the nutrition necessary to sustain babies’ lives. We provide infant formula, a high-protein nutritional supplement (Miracle-mix), health checks, and essential vitamins to babies. Women attend classes on hygiene and healthy cooking at our nutrition centers. Mothers receive education and support as they care for their little ones. When mothers and babies graduate from the program, they are healthier and stronger in body and spirit.
Tessa Grace is also often the first place these mothers hear the good news of Jesus. Many give their lives to Jesus, start attending a local church, and then join in the work of caring for other babies and their mothers.
How will your gift help?
Your giving is what keeps our Tessa Grace Nutrition programs active. Your gifts will pay for the life-saving milk and miracle-mix we distribute to malnourished moms and infants, as well as the charges of medical professionals and teachers. Because of gifts like yours we have reached hundreds of HIV-positive mothers, widows, orphans, and babies with life-saving aide.
Children's Relief International
Children’s Relief International (CRI) is a registered 501(c)(3) organization, and donations to CRI are tax-deductible as allowed by law. CRI is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), ensuring transparency and integrity in everything we do.
At CRI, financial accountability is essential because our donors' funds are sacred. They have been given into our hands to fulfill our mission of sharing the light of Christ with the poor of our time in Word and deed.
To learn more about Children's Relief International, visit childrensrelief.org
To see how they help, watch the video below.
