Starkville Strong, King’s helps foster children enjoy Christmas
Thanks to Starkville Strong and King’s Craft Butcher & Café, the foster care children of Starkville were able to enjoy Christmas this holiday season.
Over 100 toys gathered up from donations were given on Christmas Eve to help brighten the holidays for Starkville’s foster care children who often feel forgotten.
Brandi Duncan Herrington is in charge of Starkville Strong, and she is very happy that the organization with the help of King’s Craft Butcher & Café was able to give the foster care children of Starkville the donated toys for Christmas.
“The foster care children often fly under the radar,” Herrington said. “They’re sometimes forgotten about, and life has not been easy for them, so being able to make sure that they have something that can brighten their day at Christmas time, that can put a smile on their face, and to let them know that people are thinking about them specifically and letting them know that they matter, that is what’s really important for us to let them know that they matter. They have been wrapped, and given through child protective services, and delivered to each family that has a foster care child under them.”
Herrington stated that the mission at Starkville Strong is to provide support and meet the needs of the community through open minds and open arms, and she believes that giving foster care children the donated toys for Christmas falls under the description of that mission.
“Our mission at Starkville Strong has been to help provide any needs throughout the year, and so during Christmas time, everyone has been struggling to put food on the table, everyone has been struggling to make sure that their light bill is paid,” Herrington said. “The people who take foster care children in already use their income and their monetary means to expand on their immediate family these kids, so a way for us to help them make sure their light bills are paid, we could help by giving gifts to the kids. That way they can take money and spend it on the necessities.”
Herrington also said that this was not the only thing that Starkville Strong did for the Christmas season.
“We also did 115 Christmas joy boxes that had food and little Christmas happies in them, and we also got gifts for 60 families,” Herrington said. “Those were the three major things we did for Christmas.”