Greetings! Feel free to copy any information or photo found on my memorials, but please respect the contributions of others by crediting sources, and correctly identifying photos. ~ Thanks! :-)

As the saying goes, "Genealogy without documentation is mythology." If I'm unable to verify the accuracy of a requested edit, it may be temporarily denied until documentation/source is obtained.

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Bridget's Cradles
(Website: bridgetscradles.com)

Bridget's Cradles provide hospitals with knitted and crocheted cradles to hold and "cradle" delicate pre-term babies who were born into Heaven during the second trimester of pregnancy. They donate their cradles to hospitals in all 50 states free of charge and are always in need of volunteers and support. They also lead a local support ministry and provide hope-filled resources online.

The organization was founded after the birth of Matt and Ashley Opliger's daughter, Bridget Faith. She was stillborn at 24 weeks and 5 days on October 22, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Due to complications in Ashley's pregnancy and a poor prognosis given to them by doctors, Bridget's grandma, Teresa, knit a special cradle for her the week before she was born. On the day Bridget was born, Matt and Ashley and their families held her in the cradle, loving on her and making cherished memories with her. For more info, please consider visiting their website.

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Arizona Reservation Ministries (ARM)
(Website: azrez.org)

Partnering with Apache Christians already serving The San Carlos Apache Nation, ARM assists in the practical, physical, and emotional needs of the Apache Pastors, tribal leaders, and people, while fighting the very real spiritual battle present on the reservation. Families and lives are being changed forever by building homes for the homeless, providing programs for children and youth (Mobile Youth Center), and adult ministries, as well as leadership training. Please visit their website (azrez.org) and consider contributing to their "current needs list" or maybe taking a Short-term Ministry Trip, etc.!

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Dress A Girl Around The World
(Website: dressagirlaroundtheworld.com)

Delivering over 2 million dresses to 81 countries, we dream of a world in which every girl has at least one new dress. As dresses are distributed to the girls, we want to warn them and their parents/guardians of traps of human trafficking. Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world, after drug smuggling and arms dealing. A child is trafficked every 30 seconds and according to estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation. The average age of a young woman being trafficked is 12-14 years old and 1.2 million children are brought into slave trade each year. If we educate them and their parents/guardians they are less likely to be deceived.

Comments from dress recipients:

"They help us to realize we have dignity and to know that God loves us! We want to know that we are worthy of love. Many of us are overlooked and often abused with no one to protect us."

"And can you please help protect us from predators by putting the Dress a Girl label on the outside front of the dress? The label indicates that an organization is looking after us and just maybe a predator will pass us over!"
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Greetings! Feel free to copy any information or photo found on my memorials, but please respect the contributions of others by crediting sources, and correctly identifying photos. ~ Thanks! :-)

As the saying goes, "Genealogy without documentation is mythology." If I'm unable to verify the accuracy of a requested edit, it may be temporarily denied until documentation/source is obtained.

***************
Bridget's Cradles
(Website: bridgetscradles.com)

Bridget's Cradles provide hospitals with knitted and crocheted cradles to hold and "cradle" delicate pre-term babies who were born into Heaven during the second trimester of pregnancy. They donate their cradles to hospitals in all 50 states free of charge and are always in need of volunteers and support. They also lead a local support ministry and provide hope-filled resources online.

The organization was founded after the birth of Matt and Ashley Opliger's daughter, Bridget Faith. She was stillborn at 24 weeks and 5 days on October 22, 2014 at Wesley Medical Center in Wichita, Kansas. Due to complications in Ashley's pregnancy and a poor prognosis given to them by doctors, Bridget's grandma, Teresa, knit a special cradle for her the week before she was born. On the day Bridget was born, Matt and Ashley and their families held her in the cradle, loving on her and making cherished memories with her. For more info, please consider visiting their website.

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Arizona Reservation Ministries (ARM)
(Website: azrez.org)

Partnering with Apache Christians already serving The San Carlos Apache Nation, ARM assists in the practical, physical, and emotional needs of the Apache Pastors, tribal leaders, and people, while fighting the very real spiritual battle present on the reservation. Families and lives are being changed forever by building homes for the homeless, providing programs for children and youth (Mobile Youth Center), and adult ministries, as well as leadership training. Please visit their website (azrez.org) and consider contributing to their "current needs list" or maybe taking a Short-term Ministry Trip, etc.!

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Dress A Girl Around The World
(Website: dressagirlaroundtheworld.com)

Delivering over 2 million dresses to 81 countries, we dream of a world in which every girl has at least one new dress. As dresses are distributed to the girls, we want to warn them and their parents/guardians of traps of human trafficking. Human Trafficking is the second largest criminal enterprise in the world, after drug smuggling and arms dealing. A child is trafficked every 30 seconds and according to estimates, approximately 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation, and 19% involves labor exploitation. The average age of a young woman being trafficked is 12-14 years old and 1.2 million children are brought into slave trade each year. If we educate them and their parents/guardians they are less likely to be deceived.

Comments from dress recipients:

"They help us to realize we have dignity and to know that God loves us! We want to know that we are worthy of love. Many of us are overlooked and often abused with no one to protect us."

"And can you please help protect us from predators by putting the Dress a Girl label on the outside front of the dress? The label indicates that an organization is looking after us and just maybe a predator will pass us over!"
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