Presented by: Lauren Wolf

UMCM Today• Housing Support Services• Centers for Early Learning• Children of the World Preschool

UMCM Today• Families Learning Together• Adult ESOL• Citizenship

• Collaborative Food Pantries• Pack-a-Sack 4 Kids• Doug Brown Street Ministry

UMCM Today

UMCM Today• Advocacy• Ditty Bags

Ditty Bags• An Early Start• Began in St. Petersburg in the 1900s as a Christmas project

for children of immigrant workers• Drawstring bags were sewn to help families carry the toys

around

• Today• Bags are packed along the Gulf Coast from Manatee to Pasco

County• 2014 will see about 2200 bags go out into the community• 95% of the children’s ditty bags still go to migrant worker

families

Ditty Bags• Current local missions partners• Assigned partner

Ditty Bags• Mens’ and Womens’ bags• Children’s bags

Thank You!