2010 Community Project to benefit the neonatal intensive care unit at the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters

2010 We have TWO Community Projects this year.

We will again ask for the public’s help in collecting baby clothes, socks, receiving blankets, to be donated to the NICU at CHKD. Sizes preemies to 3 months.

The second project is making and donating 65 isolette covers for the NICU at CHKD. This will include having material, backing, thread, donated and also volunteers to cut out the pattern and volunteers to sew the covers.

We decided to “double up” on Community Projects because of the event that happened on 9/12/09. Our first grandchild was born. He was only 26 weeks old, 2 lbs. 3 oz. He was due December 16th. He was immediately sent to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and remained there until right before Christmas. We had an entire education, one that nobody would volunteer for. During that time, we learned that they have a “care closet” for donated blankets, clothes, socks, hats. According to the Parent Coordinators it was very low as infection control policies now require any article being “loaned” to someone go home with them and not be returned to the closet.

This care closet need resulted in Project idea #1, collect baby clothes, socks, receiving blankets and the like for CHKD.

Through the experience with our grandson, we learned that preemies are overstimulated from the very beginning. They are suppose to still be in a warm dark friendly place; they are not yet ready for the outside world. Therefore, the isolette’s they sleep in MUST be kept dark. CHKD never has enough covers to go around, so Project #2 was born.

If you would like to donate materials or time to either of these projects, we appreciate your help. If you business would like to volunteer to be a drop off point for materials, please contact us so we can add your information to this web page.

Thank you to all who help Home Sweet Home Care help others.

Warmly,

Shirley McGee