187 Beats:
"187 Beats: A Journey Encased With Love”
187 Beats:
"187 Beats: A Journey Encased With Love”
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"187 Beats: A Journey Encased With Love”
"187 Beats: A Journey Encased With Love”
187 Beats is a nonprofit organization that was founded in August 2021. Majority of children in foster care use garbage bags to carry their clothes when transitioning from one home to another and many don’t even have a toothbrush.
We collect toiletries and new & gently used luggage to give to foster children of all ages.
We want these precious children to know they are loved and are not forgotten.
As of August 2021, in the state of Alabama there are 6,345 children in foster care and spend an average of 618 days there (dhr.alabama.gov/foster-care). Since inception, we have given over 100 pieces of luggage and toiletry bags to foster children.
“187 Beats: A Journey Encased With Love” . Our mission is to meet the needs of foster children of all ages across Alabama by providing much needed resources.
In 2019, I went through a personal storm. For an entire week, I lived out of garbage bags. Having to dig through the garbage bags to find clothes to wear to work while trying to wear a smile like I was okay, but in reality, I was broken and I felt like trash and I felt worthless.
During my storm, I knew that God was doing something within me and something good would come out of it. I remember hearing many children who are in foster care go from home to home with their belongings in garbage bags. This tugged on my heart because I could relate to that from my experience, and I wanted to do all I could to make sure children who are placed into the system had something to carry their belongings in. These children already deal with being taken from their parents, a familiar place and not knowing where they would end up. I want them to know there are people in this world that care about them. When God gave me this vision, I was trying to think of a name. I could not shake 187 Beats. My thoughts were a child’s heartbeat when they are excited so I asked a friend who is a physician what is a child’s heart rate when they are excited. She said it’s usually between 120-160 depending on age. When I told her my vision and how I could not shake the 187 Beats, she said, “if God gave it to you…you use it!”
In 2021, I launched 187 Beats. We collect toiletries and new and gently used luggage for foster children of all ages in Alabama. We have been blessed beyond measure to be able to provide to children in local foster centers. We are looking forward to doing even more and blessing more children and letting them know they are loved.
When a child is taken from their home, and they don’t already own a piece of luggage, they are forced to throw what they can in a black trash bag. Not knowing where they will end up and already feeling alone and sometimes thrown away, having something as simple as a piece of luggage could not only help when transitioning but also help their self-esteem.
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