The other day I was at the Botanical Gardens in my town, here in Grand Junction. I looked over to see a group of little girls all dressed up in princess dresses. There was a glow on their faces!

Wouldn't it be an amazing thing to see every little girl in the world have the opportunity to feel pretty in their own cute little dress? Imagine the smiles!

Hope 4 Kids is making that opportunity a reality as they set out to raise up women and men on the home front to make these dresses, donate pillowcases and donate their time! As stated on their website, "People in 24 states are holding Dress a Girl events. They gather with family, friends, co-workers, neighbors, fellow students, and church and club members for a day or evening of sewing dresses out of pillowcases. They gather in living rooms, basements, back yards, dining rooms, schools, churches, and civic centers. They join together because they believe that every girl deserves the dignity of owning at least one dress."

Also explained on their website: "Within three months six Hundred and forty-one dresses have been distributed to the Congo, Uganda, Honduras, and Haiti and within the United States. More organizations and ministries are asking to take them to Russia, Peru, Romania, the Baltic, and to the homeless girls of the United States.

Water 4 Kids International finds sponsors to drill wells for African villagers who do not have access to clean water. Girls cannot attend school because they spend hours walking to find water and when they do so it is so polluted that people are dying from dysentery. In remote villages where there is a lack of fresh water 75% of deaths occur from contaminated water.

Because we believe every child deserves access to safe water and the opportunity to drink without risking death by dysentery—and we believe every little girl deserves the dignity of owning at least one dress--Water 4 Kids and Dress a Girl have teamed up to give individuals, churches and organizations who are sponsoring wells the opportunity to ask those in their communities to make dresses to be distributed at their well dedications.

When we give out these dresses we don't see a mass of girls waiting in line. We kneel in front of them and make the moment special--we look into their eyes and tell them that Jesus loves them. We won't have the opportunity to do this with the girls in Haiti but we are praying for those who will be distributing them--that they will take a moment and let each girl know that God loves her."

Creativity, Recycling, Innovation, HOPE, and Compassion...all the things that describe this act of Love.