It's Official - January 25, 2010 is "Heads Up on Infant Mortality Day" in the City of Orlando
January 27, 2010
We were truly honored to receive a Proclamation from Mayor Dyer and Commissioner Ings yesterday to bring awareness to Infant Mortality and our efforts to eradicating the scourge of prematurity and low birth weight among our local community. Our display of 1000 baby hats is ongoing in the Rotunda at City Hall for the next two weeks. Stop by and see it if you can. Thanks to everyone who supports our work. Go TEAM!!
Jennie
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 13, 2010
Contact: Jennie Joseph
Tel: 407-656-6938
Email: jennie@commonsensechildbirth.org
"HEADS UP ON INFANT MORTALITY"
Did you know that 1,667 babies died before age one in 2008 in the state of Florida alone? Jennie Joseph started the “The Campaign for Healthier Babies to draw attention to infant mortality by attempting to knit or crochet one baby hat for every infant who did not reach their first birthday. To date almost 1000 hats have been collected as part of her “Heads Up on Infant Mortality” initiative. Joseph, midwife and director of The Birth Place birthing center in Winter Garden provides an outreach maternity clinic for indigent, uninsured and underinsured women and emphasizes that “too many babies are being born too soon, too small, or too sick to survive.” The baby hats will be shared out to local neonatal units and to needy families in the Orlando area. Please join us in our endeavor to promote early prenatal care, reduce prematurity and low-birth weight babies and save the lives of our children!
The hats will be displayed in The Rotunda at Orlando City Hall after Commissioner Samuel B. Ings presents a Proclamation marking January 25,, 2010
‘Commonsense Childbirth inc. “Heads Up on Infant Mortality” Day’
Commonsense Childbirth Inc. is a 501(c) 3 Non Profit Corporation which operates The Birth Place birthing center and Easy Access prenatal care clinic in Winter Garden, Florida. Our vision is that all women have a healthy baby and to that end, no one is turned away if they need help. To learn more about the Campaign for Healthier Babies please contact us.
Call: 407-656-6938 for more details
Email: jennie@commonsensechildbirth.org
On Facebook, search “Commonsense Childbirth Inc.”
A heartfelt THANK YOU! goes out to all the knitters and crochet-ers who contributed to our Heads Up Campaign. We have been overwhelmed by the phenomenal response - nearly 900 hats have been received to date. We will be displaying the hats through December in The Rotunda at Orlando City Hall and then distributing them to local NICU's and needy central Florida families. THANK YOU again.(Jennie Joseph, November 22, 2009)
September is Infant Mortality month. Did you know that 1,687 babies died before age one in 2007 in the state of Florida alone? The 2009 Campaign for Helathier Babies is drawing attention to infant mortality by knitting one baby hat for every baby who didn't reach their first birthday.
"Too many babies are being born TOO SOON, TOO SMALL, or TOO SICK to survive." - Jennie Joseph, Executive Director
Please join us in our endeavor to promote early prenatal care and save the lives of our children!
How you can help:
- knit or crochet one or more baby hats
- teach someone how to knit or crochet a baby hat
- donate to the campaign
- encourage all pregnant women to start prenatal care right away - we can help, no one is turned away
The hats will be displayed at a rally in September (date & time TBA). You can help by knitting or crocheting one or more infant hats and bringing or mailing your hat(s) by September 22, 2009 to:
The Birth Place
1130 E. Plant Street
Winter Garden, FL 34787
Call: (407) 656-6938
Email: Elena@TheBirthPlace.org
On Facebook, search “commonsense childbirth, inc.”
