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Birthday Blessings serves foster children in Missouri, filling 'at-risk kids with hope and dignity'

May 27, 2024 | By Muddy River News

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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Birthday Blessings: The organization that celebrates foster kids birthdays celebrates their 10th birthday

March 25, 2023 | By Megan Duncan Muddy River News Correspondent

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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