Shannon VonAllmen
HANNIBAL, Mo. — Birthday Blessings is a non-profit organization with headquarters in West Plains. The organization has volunteer teams in Hannibal, Sedalia, Troy and Warsaw. Birthday Blessings provides children in foster care with resources to meet their physical and emotional needs. More than 20,000 children are in foster care in Missouri. Birthday Blessings assists local…
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HANNIBAL, Mo. — May is National Foster Care Month, and the United Way of the Mark Twain Area has been highlighting the work of Birthday Blessings throughout May. Birthday Blessings, a nonprofit organization headquartered in West Plains, serves foster children throughout the state of Missouri, including those in Marion, Ralls and Monroe counties. Birthday Blessings’…
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HANNIBAL — As children, Anie and her little brother lived in seven different foster placements in five years. (Anie’s name was changed to protect her identity.) With each move, they had to start over in a new community. When Anie was 6-years-old the promise of a “forever family” shattered when she and her brother were…
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