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Contributed by: Suz Mitchell-Elsasser on 9/12/2006

Every day in Colorado, newborn infants are being sent home from hospitals wearing only a T-shirt and a diaper to live in a car, homeless shelter, a home with no heat or on the streets with their family. One hospital has estimated that 30 percent(1,000) of the babies delivered at their facility each year will go home to one of these unsatisfactory living conditions.

Warm Hearts-Warm Babies is a nonprofit organization that believes these babies need to have warm clothing and blankets so they can survive the conditions they are born into.

Along with newborn items, these volunteers also sew, knit and crochet premature clothing and burial outfits. These items are normally very difficult to find due to their small size and are extremely expensive if they can be located. A family grieving the loss of a child often is not financially or emotionally able to shop for the outfit their child will be buried in.

Warm Hearts-Warm Babies produces and donatesmore than3,500 items each month to hospitals, foster care and other children's agencies in Colorado. That way when a hospital employee sees a family in need of a burial outfit or clothing, they have it available.

In many cases our volunteers have a limited income but a large amount of time, including seniors living in assisted-living centers. Your financial grant allows us to provide supplies such as yarn to those volunteerswho cannot afford to purchase their own.

In addition to funding, Warm Hearts-Warm Babiesalso islooking for additional voluteers to help Colorado's smallest citizens. For additional infomation, please visit our website at www.warmheartswarmbabies.org or e-mail us at info@warmheartswarmbabies.org.

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Suz Mitchell-Elsasser

Cheyenne , WY

Suz Mitchell-Elsasser has posted 219 stories and 12 comments since joining on 8/26/2006. Suz Mitchell-Elsasser 's average story rating is 4.79.

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