By Patty Hastings, June 14, 2019, Columbia Social Services
Clark County volunteers have distributed 4,900 layettes and 2,500 car seats to needy families
Volunteers met Monday at All Saints Episcopal Church to assemble layettes for Babies in Need, as they do every month. They wrapped tiny clothes in ribbon and placed them into handmade bags to drop off at local hospitals. Since 1999, Babies in Need has distributed about 4,900 layettes and 2,500 car seats to needy families.
“Most of us are all grandmas and we ‘ooh and ah’ over all this stuff,” said volunteer Judy Walter, 77, as she tied a bow.
The women have seen each other through surgeries, the birth of grandchildren, the death of husbands and all of the other joys and sorrows of life. They joined hands in a circle to pray.
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