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Presented by: Lauren Wolf
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UMCM Today• Housing Support Services• Centers for Early Learning• Children of the World Preschool
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UMCM Today• Families Learning Together• Adult ESOL• Citizenship
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• Collaborative Food Pantries• Pack-a-Sack 4 Kids• Doug Brown Street Ministry
UMCM Today
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UMCM Today• Advocacy• Ditty Bags
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Ditty Bags• An Early Start• Began in St. Petersburg in the 1900s as a Christmas project
for children of immigrant workers• Drawstring bags were sewn to help families carry the toys
around
• Today• Bags are packed along the Gulf Coast from Manatee to Pasco
County• 2014 will see about 2200 bags go out into the community• 95% of the children’s ditty bags still go to migrant worker
families
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Ditty Bags• Current local missions partners• Assigned partner
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Ditty Bags• Mens’ and Womens’ bags• Children’s bags
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