Save a Baby's Life This Christmas
An open letter from Pastor Dave Frederick:
Dear friends,
This Christmas, we’re inviting you to join us in something world-changing—
maybe not for the whole world, but for a baby’s world.
In rural Mozambique, newborns are fighting for their lives.
Natural disasters, illness, and food shortages have left many mothers unable to nurse.
Some babies have lost their mothers in childbirth and are being raised by grandmothers or siblings.
Without help, these little ones face a heartbreaking reality: most will not survive their first year.
But there is hope.
The Tessa Grace Nutrition Center, led by Children's Relief International (CRI) is rewriting their stories.
When a baby is welcomed into the Tessa Grace program, everything changes.
They receive life-saving nutrition and medical care, and their caregivers are given training, encouragement, and ongoing support.
Over two years, these precious lives move from death to life, from darkness to light.
About Tessa Grace Nutrition Center
Our Christmas Goal: 153 Babies
Right now:
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153 babies are in the program but still need sponsorships to provide for their next year of care.
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71 babies are waiting for a chance to begin, urgently needing care.
That’s 224 babies—each with a name, a story, and a future that depends on what we do together.
Our goal is to save all 153 babies, and to clear out as much of the waiting list as possible.
Your generosity can make that future possible.
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$600 provides full care for one baby for an entire year.
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That's $50/month or $12.50/week to keep a baby alive and thriving.
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$91,800 provides care for all 153 current Tessa Grace babies.
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$134,400—clears the waiting list saves them all.
Every penny you give goes directly to CRI and put towards the cost of saving these babies.
(Our church covers all administrative costs ourselves.)
Every donation is 100% tax deductible.
Click Here or continue below to learn more about CRI.
You Can Change A Story
Your gift can mean the difference between life and death.
Between despair and hope.
Between darkness and light.
How many babies will you save this Christmas?
Join us now in saving lives.
With gratitude,
Dave Frederick
Senior Pastor
Vineyard Church of DuPage
Stories of Care
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About Tessa Grace Nutrition Program
What impact will your gift have?
About Tessa Grace
In areas of deep poverty, individuals suffer from hunger, illness, and injustice. Without access to basic medications, treatable or preventable illnesses become life-threatening. Undernutrition complicates this further, contributing to approximately half of all deaths in children under 5 years old (World Health Organization).
Through our Tessa Grace Nutrition program, we deliver the nutrition necessary to sustain babies’ lives. We provide infant formula, a high-protein nutritional supplement (Miracle-mix), health checks, and essential vitamins to babies. Women attend classes on hygiene and healthy cooking at our nutrition centers. Mothers receive education and support as they care for their little ones. When mothers and babies graduate from the program, they are healthier and stronger in body and spirit.
Tessa Grace is also often the first place these mothers hear the good news of Jesus. Many give their lives to Jesus, start attending a local church, and then join in the work of caring for other babies and their mothers.
How will your gift help?
Your giving is what keeps our Tessa Grace Nutrition programs active. Your gifts will pay for the life-saving milk and miracle-mix we distribute to malnourished moms and infants, as well as the charges of medical professionals and teachers. Because of gifts like yours we have reached hundreds of HIV-positive mothers, widows, orphans, and babies with life-saving aide.
Important
Dates
Sunday Nov 23, 10am
Launch Day
In our church we have 150 lights, each with the name of a baby in Mozambique. For every baby that is provided for, a light will be turned on to visually celebrate — "This one received the gift of life!"
We also have a walk-through that visually depicts the before-and-after lives of our Tessa Grace babies, and how these babies are being saved. The whole family is invited to experience the walk-through, especially on these important dates
Come hear and see the mission, vision, and stories, during our morning church service, and afterwards enjoy an African meal while checking out our in-building walkthrough of the Tessa Grace ministry. Our service runs from 10:00-11:30am with lunch following immediately afterwards.
Our address:
Vineyard Church of DuPage
1900 Manchester rd
Wheaton, IL 60187
Children's Relief International
Children’s Relief International (CRI) is a registered 501(c)(3) organization, and donations to CRI are tax-deductible as allowed by law. CRI is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), ensuring transparency and integrity in everything we do.
At CRI, financial accountability is essential because our donors' funds are sacred. They have been given into our hands to fulfill our mission of sharing the light of Christ with the poor of our time in Word and deed.
To learn more about Children's Relief International, visit childrensrelief.org and watch the video below.
