Baby Shower for March

You are invited to a baby shower for the Battered Women's Shelter in Rupert!

Date: Saturday, March 20, 2010

Time: 11 am-1 pm (Open House style)

Place: Marj Stapelman's house

We will be serving a light lunch so please let us know if you are coming so we can plan on a number to serve. We will also have a few games that you can play as you come and go- we will let you know after the shower if you are the winner!

Pam Harris, the head lady at the Battered Women's Shelter has made the following suggestions for gifts:

Diapers (size 4 and 5 )
Formula (any brand)
Receiving Blankets

*Their biggest need at this point is cash. They are trying to put together some information packets to give to the police and they are trying to advance their training and advocacy programs . A fun idea was to fill a baby bottle or two with your loose change. It's amazing how fast extra quarters and nickels can add up. This would help them become more reliant on the local community for money rather than grants.

This is a wonderful program for our community. It's unbelievable how many families the shelter has helped through very traumatic times. Pam has such a neat vision and really would like to see the shelter expand into other areas. She has plans for turning an extra building into a soup kitchen and also into a little store that would help supply families with clothing and household items that they need while trying to escape from abuse.

Pam also emailed me a list of items that they could use that aren't necessarily for babies. If you are interested in helping, let me know and I will forward this list to you!