The Community Baby Shower

      Promising Pages is a unique non-profit organization. This organization is regularly known for its consistency for working with other organizations such as businesses, schools, and churches. My fellow interns and I were able to participate at the Park Church Ministry on East Independence Boulevard in Charlotte, NC.  The Park Church was putting together a community baby shower for expecting mothers. From my own opinion, I never knew something like this was able to be conducted for many mothers who live in Charlotte. The Park Church made sure to educate and inform new mothers on what to expect and what precautionary steps to use when bringing a new child in to this world.  I was blown away by how much was put in to this community baby shower. Everything you could think of that you would need for a baby shower was there. I remember seeing an financial advisor to assist the mothers. I was more thrown back that we were able to be part of such a special event.

      Brennan who is one of the interns (picture to the right) had managed our showcase at one of the tables. You can see in the picture that she is playing Erma the Book Worma. This is our main mascot that helps us promote to children that it is awesome to read. Promising Pages generates that reading = smart, and smart= being successful. This is specifically used to show people who we are and what Promising Pages is about. We all helped to place wrapped baby books neatly on the table. Once the day came to an end we were able to give all of the baby books away.

      Sandrine and I managed the children’s room. We set up our table with unwrapped books for the older children to be able to choose their own books. Most of the older children around the ages of 10-12 were more excited about receiving a book then the younger children. After Sir Purr made his grand entrance the children were then able to settle down. And finally Erma the Book Worma was able to form a corner in the room and began to read to the children. She read the Duck for President. All the children were very attentive and listened to the story. Erma was so animated and enjoyed reading to the children and Sir Purr.

          By the end of the event we dwindle down and were able to give away 485 books at the Community Baby Shower. We only had 15 unwrapped books left. I feel that we did a great job as a group. We enjoyed ourselves and this experience was rewarding for all of us.



--Rasheeda Mickle