Lossie Glover – Butterfly Hope Ministry

The Butterfly Hope Ministry recently donated care packages to troops overseas.

President of the group, Lossie Glover, said the ministry participates in anywhere from three to five projects a year. This is the second time the ministry has put together care packages for troops and the first time it coordinated with Robins Air Force Base.

“That was an idea that we had in terms of those people around Christmas time. My husband was a veteran,” Glover said. “They had reached out to the community and veterans’ families and other charitable organizations, who contributed a lot of the products in the care packages.”

Glover said there were several different kinds of items donated, such as travel-size hygiene items, deodorant, foods and many other things.

Volunteers from the ministry as well as several from RAFB spent three days arranging items into like categories to be boxed up.

“We’ve got 12 members in the club, and we had 15 to 20 people there,” Glover said. “They organized items, putting all like items together. They had to be taken from the boxes (of donations) and set up, like all food items such as crackers, toothbrushes, and deodorant. Everything was organized and categorized so all we had to do was pick items up and put them in boxes.”

Glover estimated about 15 to 20 items were put in each box, and the volunteers created 200 to 300 boxes, she said.

“It was so much; it was so much. I don’t even know how much we had. It was tables of items,” she said.

Glover said RAFB volunteers sent the packages overseas, though she’s not sure to which countries. However, the ministry did not have a specific group of veterans in mind and simply wanted to do their part to support American troops during the holiday season.

Glover created Butterfly Hope Ministry in 2012 with the help of her church, New Hope Baptist. Originally the group reached out to people in the community who had lost loved ones due to death, divorce, separation or other means and gave family members care boxes. The care boxes contained paper good such as plates, napkins, sanitizers and whatever they believed the family could use.

The ministry also puts on several other projects throughout the year. Glover said the ministry has back to school events, a winter coat and clothing drive and given blankets to the children’s hospital in Macon.

“Everything is volunteer. We as members purchase items, and if the church wants to give us a donation, we accept that, but it’s volunteer all the way,” Glover said. “People who want to donate can donate to the church, New Hope Baptist, and if they want to donate items, it’s the same thing. We run all of this through our church.”

Glover said that the 12 women in the group are very dedicated to the ministry and just enjoy helping in any way they can. The group will continue to do charitable projects in the coming year.

Butterfly Hope Ministry meets the third Monday of each month at New Hope Baptist Church. Glover said it is currently accepting membership. For information or to make a donation, call Lossie Glover at 478-396-5043 or the church at 478-987-0501.

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