This past March Footprints Birmingham held our first fundraiser. Flapjacks for Footprints turned out to be a great sucess for us. We were able to raise close to $1400.00 That is a lot of pancakes. We had a few wonderful volunteers from Montgomery come and give us a hand as well. It was great to see so many people come together to help us.

During the last week of March, the high school youth from Riverchase United Methodist assembled bags for us. They were able to learn about a ministry close to home and also learn a little about the NICU.

This past Friday, Footprints delivered Easter baskets to families in the NICU. Our hope is that they were able to remember through the basket that He is indeed risen and there is hope. We also want to be able to give them a sense of normalcy. For those who have experienced the NICU, normal is not a word that plays into your vocabulary.

I would like to thank everyone who has supported us through the past few months. There really are too many people to name. For fear of leaving someone out, I will give a blanket Thank You to everyone.

Please keep Footprints Birmingham in your prayers for we are going to spread our wings and fly into other hospitals through out the city. We hope to touch as many families as possible and bring as many families to God's grace as we can.

Footprints Birmingham chapter will kick off their first fundraiser March  14th with a pancake breakfast.

Ruby Tuesday’s in Pelham , AL has graciously opened their doors that morning for Footprints. We will serve patrons pancakes and bacon with their choice of milk, orange juice or coffee for only $7. Come on, who doesn’t love pancakes? All proceeds will benfit the Footprints Ministry.

We are also encouraging families within the NICU to step out and join for a short time. We will be serving all NICU families for FREE! It would be an honor to meet our NICU families! We would love to show you how much we love you and most importantly, Christ loves you!

So, when you wake up and wonder what you want to do for breakfast, remember we are only a short drive away and it will be worth the drive.


We look forward to our first fundraiser!

$7 per plate
March 14th 7:30-10:30a.m.
Ruby Tuesday
615 Cahaba Valley Road

Pelham, AL

You may also call Nicole Collier for more information at 205-240-8323

"For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others" Mark 10:45

This past weekend Birmingham Footprints had our first opportunity to make bags in Birmingham . It was a wonderful testament to how Footprints is a community ministry as we had people from all over the tri-county area. Most, if not all, had children in the NICU and felt the Lord call them to this ministry. It was a great, yet sobering feeling to realize most everyone in the room had struggled with the NICU at one point in time. That struggle had manifested itself into a celebration of the Lord through serving him through making the bags in hope that just one family would feel Christ’s love and comfort.

After starting to deliver bags to St. Vincent’s in September of last year, I would sometimes get discouraged for not having the resources to do this appropriately here in Birmingham . However, the Lord always knows what he is doing. He waited until we had the right people in place for our first bag making. He continued telling me, wait. I continued saying, I don’t want to wait. However, it was completely worth the wait. I want to thank all of those who were on hand. Without them and their wonderful spirit of giving, we would not have been able to pull this off.

Alison Bagget
Lurenda Avery
Sally Crumpton and Rachel Crumpton
Janatha Thompson and Anna Thompson
Heidi Gobbel
Katie Wagner
Matt Collier
Amanda Westbrook

We were able to put together 28 bags to be delivered to St. Vincent ’s Hospital. We had a wonderful time together as we had fellowship with each other and can not wait until the next time we are able to get together to make the bags.
Nicole Collier

"Yes, you will be enriched in every way so that you can always be generous. And when we take your gifts to those who need them, they will thank God." 1 Corinthians 9:11

Last weekend we had our 1st Santa visit to the NICU at St. Vincent's hospital in Birmingham. We had an amazing visit! It was almost surreal walking through St. Vincent's with the Birmingham volunteers. I'm still kind of in shock that God has opened the door in Birmingham and also in Huntsville. I probably shouldn't be shocked but when we started Footprints we had no idea the Lord would take it to other cities. And I just think this is a small glimpse of the HUGE things He has in store for us. The Lord is truly amazing and we give him ALL the glory for the great things he is doing in the Footprints Ministry! Birmingham has a wonderful dedicated group of volunteers. Below is a story from the associate pastor, Jack Hinnen, of Riverchase United Methodist Church, he was one of the elfs for our visit.

I recently had the opportunity to visit the NICU at St. Vincent’s hospital with an organization called Footprints. My part was minor; I simply dressed up as an elf and escorted Santa through the unit. This is not your typical Santa visit. The kids don’t holler and get excited when the big man with a red suit comes in. In fact, except for the occasional unhappy young one, our day in the NICU was incredibly quiet. But the lack of noise did not imply a lack of awareness or activity. The NICU can be a pretty intense place! In this hospital unit, every second, every look, and every moment is precious. There were families there who had been there weeks with no sure idea of when they’d be able to go home. There were grandparents there who had put jobs, families, and life on hold until their newest family members could be well. There are nurses and physicians who, like angels, flutter around restoring not just health but humanity to the smallest babies and the most anxious parents. It is into this place that we brought a bit of Christmas Spirit.

As a pastor, I live for times when people reach out to one anther. But Footprints is about meeting people where they are and ministering to them, in even the most hard to reach places not in the name of Santa, but in the name of Jesus. What Footprints offered was a chance to bring people out of the timeless and unending watching of the NICU and remind them that they are not alone. Christmas, the story of the birth of another baby, could reach them even in the NICU. I felt my heart lifted to know that a prayer, a stocking full of supplies, and a picture with a jolly fat man could be brought into as solemn place as the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and connect with those with heavy hearts. Like I said, my part was minor, but I felt God moving in that place. Jesus says a thing or two about reaching out to the least of these. In the NICU that day, we saw some of the smallest, most precious, people we could possibly meet. And it made my Christmas.
Jack Hinnen Associate Pastor Riverchase United Methodist Church
Thank you so much to all of the volunteers who helped with the 1st Santa visit at St. Vincent's! We are so excited about the future plans for Footprints in Birmingham!

Thank you Matt and Nicole Collier, Alison Baggett, Cindy Davis, Ben and Lurenda Avery, Jack and Cheryl Hinnen, and Glenn Wilson.

"God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I serve with all my heart by spreading the Good News about his Son." Romans 1:9