2021-2022 Service Projects

2022 Projects

August 2022-

For our August service project WISDOM decided to help fund one of our own sisters and the first member of WISDOM– Adaora Elonu. Adaora has started the ADA [add-ah] Foundation which is an organization that puts on girls basketball camps in Nigeria but basketball is just the tip of the iceberg. They use basketball to get in but then they also supply school supplies, feminine hygiene products, and health education. A future goal is to get into shelter and school visits as well as food distribution.

September 2022-

This month we helped raise money for the Pregnancy Center which is a safe place where their motto is “Grace Wins”. They are unapologetically Christ followers and are able to share the Gospel to all the women that walk through their doors. They rely fully on donations and are debt-free so every donation they get is funneled right back into helping women who are dealing with unexpected pregnancy. The free services they offer women are:

  • Pregnancy Test & Ultrasounds: 85% of women who see their baby on an ultrasound will choose life.

  • Options Counseling: they will be walked through and educated about each option they have- parenting, adoption, and abortion. The Pregnancy Center does not coerce the women to do anything but give them all the information so the women can choose.

  • Parenting classes: when a woman chooses life they are fully supported in learning how to be a parent.

  • First Steps: a 7 week course on how to prepare their lives for the new life.

  • Baby Boutique: when the new mothers attend the services they receive “mommy money” to spend here where they can acquire the things new mommies need.

  • Birth Basics: a two session, 6 hour course that teaches the mothers all about labor and delivery

For more information please check out their website: https://pregnancycenterlincoln.org

October 2022-

This month we had a request to help children in need. We raised money for an organization in Lincoln, NE called Foster Care Closet which also has other locations across the state of Nebraska. This organization understands that foster care is not a destination but a journey and they are with the child from start to finish. Check out their website for more information on who they are and what they do.

http://fostercarecloset.org

December 2022-

This year we are helped supply low-income families from a village close to Wrocław, Poland with Christmas presents. We “adopted” 31 children and sponsored each child. To sponsor a child fully meant to give $40 but being a partial sponsor was possible. No amount is inadequate because we have learned that through and with God all things are possible and the intentions of your heart will be rewarded.

2021 Projects

Christmas 2021-

We teamed up with an orphanage in Poland to give the kids a Christmas they dreamed of. WISDOM sponsored 30 kids and we gifted them with their wants & needs.

January 2021-

WISDOM teamed up with a family who needed help raising money for the necessary rehab equipment for their little girl Oliwka. While she is a twin she has been developing much slower than her sister. This service project was so powerful for the family because they saw what the Body of Christ can do when we work together. This service project showed them that we can help each other and that’s where we need to start rather than relying on the government to help us.

July 2021-

This month we focused our service on love. All WISDOM members were encouraged to sponsor a neighborhood cookout in their area. This idea was adopted from the book by Bob Goff “Everybody Always”. With all the separation we experienced through COVID we decided to bring community back together.

Shoe Drive for Orphans in Zimbabwe

As a group we gathered 75 pairs of shoes and raised $1,315 for Tatenda.

Tatenda has been doing this shoe drive for 2 years running. He grew up in Zimbabwe and many years later ended up running track at North Dakota State University. He decided that it was time to give back to where he came from and help kids out that have been orphaned for many various reasons. In total throughout his whole campaign this year Tatenda was able to ship 8 barrels of shoes back to Zimbabwe.