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Day put her business management degree to work, pulled out her phone, and brainstormed the steps to blessing Tullahoma students. She made a post in a Tullahoma Facebook group that included a confidential application for those needing assistance for children from 3 to 17 years old and shared how others in the community could help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The applications came pouring in, and so did the donations. As more and more people shared Day\u2019s post, even folks from surrounding counties who received the sizes and needs (but not names or personal information) of an area child contributed donations of shirts, pants, skirts, dresses, and shoes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the time for distribution grew closer, Day got to work packaging the outfits for delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI organized 115 outfits out of my bedroom. The week before, I put together bags of information on the children and youth ministries at our church, New Life United Pentecostal, so I had 115 bags spread out between my bedroom and my living room. It got a little crazy at our house at the end,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen it came to distributing the bags, I had help from lots of friends and family to ensure that it went smoothly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Day\u2019s worries that she might not have enough to meet the need were unfounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said, \u201cWe actually had more clothes donated than requests. I really wasn\u2019t expecting such a big number of requests, and I was worried that we wouldn’t have enough clothes. But we had way more clothes donated than people signed up to receive them, so that was good. I was even able to donate more to those who needed extra.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The response from the students and their families affirmed she\u2019d followed her heart correctly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOf course, the students said thank you, but you could tell how happy and excited they were once they got the outfit. But, for the most part, the parents were overall grateful,\u201d said Day. \u201cI did it for the students, but I also did it for the parents because I know some parents have a difficult time and different situations and seasons of life where they’re trying their hardest for their kids, but life events make it troublesome. So there were good responses from both students and parents.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n But Day isn\u2019t just following her heart. She\u2019s living out her calling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI grew up in church. My family always served wherever there was a need in my church. I’m a local minister at my church, and we talk a lot about doing in-reach and outreach. I know I’m young, but God can use whomever He chooses. And so I was praying one day, asking God to give me something, whether big or small and then I will be obedient to it. So that’s what God gave me. I feel like it not only touched the community and influenced them, but it also was a growing process for me to serve others just as Christ served us,\u201d Day said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Clothing students meets more than basic needs; it reaches others as the hands and feet of Jesus who said, \u201cFor I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in.\u201d Matthew 25:35 GN <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SHE PACKED her school supplies days earlier. After the shopping trip with her mom, she carefully picked out her favorite colors and the latest styles, her thoughts racing between which teachers she\u2019d get and which friends would be in her classes. Finally deciding on the perfect outfit, she laid everything out the night before the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/tullahoma\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2023\/12\/1-1-1024x683.png\")
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