By LYNDSAY JOHN, The Vitamin Bridge
ATLANTA, Ga. — Some 10,000 bottles of prenatal vitamins will be distributed among mothers-to-be in Georgia thanks to a grant from the Georgia Baptist Health Care Ministry Foundation.
"Prenatal vitamins are an essential component of a healthy pregnancy," said Tom Day, co-founder of The Vitamin Bridge. "Through the prenatal vitamin donation program, The Vitamin Bridge is able to impact lives by encouraging healthy pregnancies."
The health care foundation has provided The Vitamin Bridge $50,000 to expand its services into Georgia.
The Vitamin Bridge provides bottles of prenatal vitamins to at-risk women through a network of nonprofit organizations that serve mothers-to-be. Manufacturers and distributors donate the vitamins or sell them at discounted prices to the Texas-based organization.
The grant will cover costs of purchasing, storing, and shipping victims to Georgia.
The Vitamin Bridge received the grant at the foundation awards luncheon on Feb. 16 at North Metro Baptist Church in Lawrenceville, Ga.
"We believe Jesus Christ made healing his first priority, and then taught afterwards," said. Larry Wynn, executive director of the health care foundation. "These grants exist to demonstrate the love of Jesus, ensuring that all Georgians have access to life-giving quality hands-on health care."
For more than 100 years, the Georgia Baptist Health Care System has offered a ministry of healing to those in need.
"We continue this work by offering a better quality of life to the people of Georgia through needed health care ministries, and to help research and develop new health care services that make a positive impact in their lives," Wynn said.
