A big “Thank You” to all the Saints of All Saints’ Church who participated in the Anglicans for Life World’s Largest Baby Shower (WLBS) III from April 27 to May 25.

During this period, the Anglicans For Life playpen in the Atrium was filled and emptied many times with much-needed baby supplies to support our local Life First organization.

Total donations included 1,722 diapers, 6,480 baby wipes, 36 baby blankets and quilts, 99 sets of baby clothes, and 37 miscellaneous baby items. Our All Saints' Chapter Leader, Ed Speare, delivered these items to Life First on Wednesday, June 3 along with Margie DeHoust's delivery of 46 filled Baby Bottles from the Life First Baby Bottle collection campaign, also completed on May 25. Your generosity in support of these two events is most appreciated by Life First.

We had an opportunity about halfway through the WLBS III event to respond immediately to a crises need at Life First, which had run completely out of baby wipes and certain sizes of diapers. They put out an emergency call for support, and the WLBSIII event was able to immediately respond with the items they needed which had already been donated at that point. We received a note of thanks from Life First soon after that read in part “Your ‘diaper and wipe’ delivery was such a blessing. All Saints’ gives to this ministry in so many ways and we are grateful beyond words.”