http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.258813750813272.86541.143348472359801&saved This is a recently updated album of some of our Treasures here at Momma Angel’s Treasures. If you would like to join our face book and keep posted with new pictures, and updates, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Momma-Angel/143348472359801 is the link to our page. You can also message us and let us know how we are doing. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Take care and have a blessed week.
–Momma Angel
I wanted to send a shout out and THANK YOU to two very special neighbors. Thank you so much for welcoming me to the area with open arms, and helping hands. God has used you to help us to be able to bless others. Together we are all changing lives.
Please take a moment and visit http://www.terrysauction.com/ or come out to the Auction on Saturday evenings from 6pm-1am! It is SO much fun. He has a little bit of everything, and some awesome furniture comes through, as well as loads of other stuff. Come check it out!
While you are on this side of town slide on down to 4 Chics and a Cat, or visit them online at http://www.4chicsandacat.com/ and help support the animals. They have an awesome ministry going on down there to benefit the local animal shelters, and save lives of cutsie critters of all kinds. Pop on in, and donate $1 for Gabby. (see store for details)
It has been on my heart lately to get the word about Secret Safe Place for Newborns out to the general public. Many young ladies, women, and teens give birth every day, and dozens of those can not care for the babies that they birth. I feel driven to let you know there is help out there. Within 3 days (72 hours) of giving birth you can legally surrender your baby to a secret safe place near you. They won’t call your parents if you are under age. Your baby will be safe. You will be given an id number for you and your baby, and if you change your mind within 30-90 days you have the right to claim your baby. Just call or visit the Safe Place location you left your baby, or contact your local DCS office. For more information, visit their website for more details, and for answers to any further questions you might have. http://www.secretsafeplacetn.org/AboutUs.html Below is a list of the Secret Safe Places in Blount County. If you can not care for your newborn, get them into the hands of someone who can. Every baby deserves a chance at life. Help me spread the word, and reduce the amount of infant fatalities due to fear. There IS a Safe Place for your baby, you are not alone, there is help.
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We are having a HUGE sale today!! I have TONS of stuff outside! Lots and lots of stuff to go through and choose from. Come bye and check it out! There is a TON outside, and a TON more inside!! We are open 9am-6pm. See you soon!!
For years I have heard people ask questions such as “How can those foster parent’s NOT have the $$ to buy the foster kids nice stuff?” “Don’t they get a ton of $$ from the state?” “What do they DO with all of that $$?” I think there are many false concepts such as these floating around in the eyes of the general population. Please allow me to answer a few of these for you, and I pray I do so in an eye opening and clear manner.
Many foster children come into the system with NOTHING, other than what is on their back. Some even less than that. Some babies come with nothing but a soiled diaper to call their own. Occasionally we as foster parents get lucky and they have 1-2 changes of clothes with them. More often than not, you are starting completely from scratch. Even those lucky enough to get a clothing allowance generally do not see that for up to two weeks. When we DO get the allowance it is generally only enough $$ for 1-2 weeks worth of clothing. So you are starting a full wardrobe from scratch. Take a look in your own closet, and imagine having to buy everything in your closet, all at once.
People also seem to be under the assumption that you are handed a wad of cash when they drop off the kids. Let me clarify that one. Depending on what agency you are through you may be paid bi-weekly or Monthly. Just like any other “job” (to put it in terms you will identify with), you are paid 2 weeks to a month late. So in June you are paid for May. If you get your first child May 1st, it may very well be June 30th before you see a penny for the care of that child. (Again depending whom you work for.) While many foster parents can more than handle their own families and the added financial stress of fosters, the first month or two when you are starting with NOTHING and no extra $$ to work with, other than your own, it is tough. Not only do these kids come with no personal items or clothing, you also have to take them for visits to doctors, dentists, therapists, Optometrists, specialists etc. Once you are done with that, you still have to be able to feed them too. So as you can easily see, it is quite easily to run through a good amount of $$ in a very short period of time.
Now do you understand a little better why foster parents are needing your help. I would love to say that the DCS and other foster agencies just slathers foster parents in money and they haven’t a care in the world, but truth be told, what you are given is barely enough to cover the childrens absolute basics, and in the first few months it isn’t enough to cover everything. So those roomers about people “doing it for the money” are so not true. If you become a foster for the $$, you are digging a sand pit on a windy day. You will sink.
It is my hope that this clears up some of the confusion surrounding the financial state of most foster families. It isn’t that we are dirt poor, because most of us are far from it. We are not exactly rolling in dough and buying them Bentlies for their 16th birthday either tho. It is a challenge and a struggle to build a solid foundation from nothing, but is a challenge we take on head on every single time a new child is placed in our home. It is a challenge I personally enjoy, but not one that comes cheep. It is actually my favorite part, well that and the hugs! You can’t beat the hugs and “Thank You”‘s. It makes life worth living.
So next time you go through your kids clothes, shoes, toys or books, bring them down to Momma Angel’s Treasures. We will see that they get into the hands of those that need them. Fosters, kinship cases, and newly adopted children do not pay for those items here in our store. We pack them up with a smile, and enjoy being able to pass along a blessing to someone in need. Thank you for everything you do to help us continue to be a blessing to others.
For more information on how to BECOME a foster parent call 1-800-DCS-KIDS. Or visit their website at http://www.tn.gov/youth/fostercare.htm
—Momma Angel
We have 4 CASES of romance novels. Buy them now for a nickle each!! This is a great chance for you to add to your collection. All other books are our normal $0.50 each or 3 for $1.
Our men’s clothing rack collapsed!! We HAVE to thin our adult clothing section. I have WAY WAY too much! The racks are pulling right off of the walls!! I have a huge mess in my clothing section, and I need your help!! All of our clothes are $0.10 from Aug 8- 13th!! Come take as much as you can. Give to the church. Buy for your friends. Bless those around you!
I will be posting some treasures that will be for sale ONLINE! This is a great chance for those of you out of town to support Momma Angel’s Treasures, and get a few treasures yourself. I will also have an online donation section where you can donate through paypal. http://mommaangel.com/store is the link to our online store. Check back often for new additions! Thanks for shopping, and be blessed!
—Momma Angel
Hey everyone,
Most of you know that my foster boys have gone home. They where with us for 3 months. They are missed, but I know they are in awesome hands, and I speak with them often. SO I am not worried a bit about them. I am happy I was able to be a small part in their care and reunification.
I am in the process of switching over from one foster group to another. I am coming home to Blount County DCS. We will be taking in newborn to age 6 months for a little while. I am ready for a little baby for a bit, and so is the rest of the family. Pray God’s will be done, and we can make a large difference in the lives of these kids.
In the mean time, the shop is doing better. Word is spreading that we are here. People are starting to notice the sign. Traffic is slowly picking up. We are not making a killing or anything, but the bills are getting paid, with enough extra to go to the Auctions at http://www.terrysauction.com/ on Saturday nights. I don’t have as much as I would like to have to reinvest in the business, but all will come in due time.
School started this week. We are still home schooling. Well sorta. I guess we store school.??. It has been such a blessing to be able to have all of the kids here at the shop with us. It is so freeing having a career where you actually get paid to spend the day with your family and kids. How awesome is that. We do their lessons right here at the shop. They are all making nice leaps this year. I am very pleased thus far. I think it is going to be a very successful year.
As to the house, well we are still going in rounds between insurance agents, contractors, roofers etc. Personally I am ready to have it all done and taken care of already so I can get that place sold and move to Friendsville. That may or may not happen in the very near future tho. It just depends on how long everything takes to work through. God knows what he is doing tho, and he has a plan. Pray his will be done.
It is 2:30am. I think it is high time to head home. I am beyond exhausted. I have to be up early in the morning. Keep us in your prayers. As always, thank you for your love, prayers and support. I don’t know where we would be without our wonderful friends, family, neighbors and customers. God has blessed us with a wonderful network of people. Have a blessed day everyone! Good night!
–Momma Angel
I am slowly getting this place cleaned up and organized. I am still working on getting more shelving and center racks. It is coming along nicely tho. Here are the pictures from 7-27-11. 
Hi. I am Momma Angel. I own and run Momma Angel's Treasures in Maryville, TN. I am mother to 4 biological children, and a foster mother as well. :-) I am a mommy, wife, seamstress, and gardener. I enjoy bringing joy, peace and love to those around me.
Our mission at Momma Angel's Treasures is to help supply the fosters, kinship and newly adopted children of our area with FREE clothing, shoes, books and toys. To do this we offer very reasonable prices on ALL of our store items, to help us with the cost of running this location. We are located at 1402 East Broadway Maryville, TN 37804. We are open 9am-6pm Monday through Saturday. We take donations of ALL kinds, anything and everything. Thank you for helping us to reach out and bless those around us.
"Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence." Og Mandino
