DOTHAN, Ala. – Yards around the Wiregrass might be looking a little brighter in the coming weeks thanks to a couple of local organizations raising money for children in Southeast Alabama.
On Good Friday, Fostering Hope, a ministry based in Headland that provides foster families across seven Southeast Alabama counties with essentials like clothes, diapers, and even cribs and strollers, will be hosting its fourth annual Egg My Yard event.
Residents of Houston, Henry, and Dale counties can go on Fostering Hope’s website and order from three different price and quantity options, and members from the organization will come out to the given address on April 2 sometime after 7 p.m. to place the eggs in your yard, so Saturday morning your children can wake up to a fun egg hunt! The eggs are stuffed with candy and trinkets for the children, as well.
Sabrina Stephens, marketing director for Fostering Hope, says that fundraisers like Egg My Yard are what allow them to continue servicing foster children and their families.
“We don’t receive any government funding, so our fundraisers are how we keep going,” Stephens said. “This is a really fun event that we enjoy and kids always love it. So far this year we have sold around 4,600 eggs and we hope to have to make more.”