Help Foster Kids Celebrate Birthday Blessings
Published: March 15, 2021
Becky Morrell, a Court Appointed Special Advocate in the 10th Circuit, wraps gifts for area foster kids. The 10th Circuit CASA collaborates with Birthday Blessings in getting resources to local children.
Children in foster care have experienced more trauma than most of us will ever face. You can put a smile on the faces of foster children in northeast Missouri by sharing birthday blessings.
Birthday Blessings is a group that works to meet the emotional and physical needs of children in foster care. They provide new duffel bags and backpacks full of birthday party supplies and gifts. They also send baskets of household goods to young foster adults transitioning to independent living, graduation gifts for teens completing high school, and child care packages for kids with no family or social ties. They also assist with special needs such as bedding, clothing or items that aren’t covered by other funding sou
America’s Favorite Jelly Bean Buttered Popcorn? YUCK!
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I know we are living in unprecedented times where Americans are equal parts divided and offended all too often. Maybe I shouldn’t contribute to this contemporary atmosphere of divide and offend with my declaration of disgust for buttered popcorn Jelly Belly Beans. Let me clarify. I don’t really have a beef with you if you like that slimy coating of butter clinging to the roof of your mouth. By all means, you do you!
Here s what candystore.com has to say:
“Yes, it’s polarizing. But it’s also America’s number one favorite jelly bean flavor. Thousands of people love this smooth, salty and savory jelly bean the best, while others scrunch up their noses when it’s mentioned. Some even write nasty comments about it in their survey form… :) But when the results were tallied, more people loved buttered popcorn flavor than any other.”
Chocolate Extravaganza Starts Today In Hannibal
th Annual Chocolate Extravaganza gets underway today, Thursday, March 11 in Historic Downtown Hannibal.
A chocolate passport is your ticket to decadent festival. You can exchange those tickets for treats at downtown merchants. You can choose from about 20 items. Most are chocolate-themed. For instance, you can score a chocolate caramel martini, wine with chocolate-covered strawberries, and even a sterling silver chocolate pearl necklace.
In addition to the passport items, Downtown Hannibal will have live music and demonstrations too. You can learn to make chocolate gravy and hand-molded chocolate eggs. While you’re in town, be sure to visit Hannibal’s gourmet chocolate shop, Chocolaterie Stam.
You know how real estate listings always hype up their offerings, making them sound much better than they actually are. That’s not the case for this brutally honest (and hilarious) listing in Zephyrhills, FL.