Together to Help & Heal

 Largest Turnout Ever

We were overwhelmed with gratitude to see so many women at Noah's Hope Sunday night!!! Forty- four women gathered to assemble bears for families leaving the hospital with empty arms after the loss of a baby, including 15 women from our community.

In 2007 Kristin Koning and friends at Headwaters Church (then Wallen) launched Noah's Hope to remember Kristin's son Noah and give something to the hospitals to help other mom's through loss.

Never could we have imagined that all these years later the gathering to assemble bears would become a ministry in and of itself—a place of healing and connection for women in our church and community.

What an honor to hear so many stories of precious babies dearly loved and gone too soon. We honored their legacies in our work Sunday night.

We boxed 140 "Noah Bears" for mommas experiencing loss of an infant in the Labor & Delivery unit or NICU, 110 "Small Bears" for early loss and miscarriage, and 300 "Baby Bears" for siblings of babies who don't get to come home. These bears will be delivered to PRMC, Randalia, Whitley, DeKalb, Lutheran & Dupont hospitals, in both the L&D and NIC units.

We prayed for the families who will be receiving these bears and for the hospital staff and volunteers who offer support. May they know how deeply they are loved and find HOPE in their darkest hour.

Our usual bears were out of stock, so these adorable bears will be going out to families in 2022.