First Bridge

Uniform ministryuniforms are supplied to k-12th grade students in the petal school district. Uniforms are distributed throughout the school year and at our annual family health and resource fair. About 630 students received uniform resources. 473 students received uniform resources at the health fair and 157 students received resources during the school year in 2024 estimated value of uniforms given out at health resource fair $72,486.00

Annual family health and resource fairin july, first bridge hosts the annual petal family health and resource fair at petal first baptist church. We partner with the petal excel by 5, the coleman center for families and children, and the petal school district to host this event every year. The fair is an opportunity for children and families to gather information about community efforts and to receive the necessary and free resources before the start of the new school year. These are some of the resources families have access to during the fair: school uniforms, undergarments, new shoes, backpacks, vision, speech, and hearing screenings, haircuts and manicures, talk to vendors with information about multiple community organizations and their services.