National Prematurity Awareness Day!

Our local MOD office is not very organized right now. . .I think our PAD plans are going to just fall through the cracks. We have one of the largest NICUs in CA 15 minutes from their office and we don't have any large things going on as far as I know! We were trying to get together to do an appreciation for our NICU staff. . .. but I don't know if it is going to work out or not! I'm so bummed!

I will be contacting a local tv station to try to get some coverage and a local radio station that always works with our children's hospital.

If you have any ideas about how to get my chapter going please let me know!

Lori

Hi Kelly,
I'm not sure if it is too late to organize this but if so you could always try to move it to WalkAmerica time. I know my local MOD office has talked about trying to get "trike-athons" going in the preschools around here. Basically the kids would get pledges based on how long/far they will ride their tricycle (or they could just get flat donations like we do for walk). Then you would set up a little track inside or outside of the school and they could do their event. You would obviously want to include a little presentation about how some babies are born sick and need help to figure out why it happens. (very basic stuff, of course).

Just an idea!
Jackie

Our local chapter is not really local to us and they never seem to have events in our area. So we decided to just spread the awareness on our own this year.
I have had pink and blue lightbulbs in my outside lights since the first of the month. We have a sign in our yard stating that it is Prematurity Awareness Month. Then over the weekend my husband and I made pink and blue ribbon candy. My nieces and nephew are going to give some out at their schools. We have members of our family that have also done the pink and blue lights and the signs in their yards.

Robin
Those candies are awesome! You guys did a great job. Way to go on raising awareness!!

Robin~ I guess it's a given that if you're from GA that most of us are not "local" to the "local chapter".... Those candies are a great idea!!

Kelly~ Our MOD office had these cute little banks that are about the size of milk cartons at school. They're pink and blue and have the MOD logo and stuff on the outside and also have a few stats on the sides. It also tells if you fill it with quarters about how much it will equal, if you fill it with dimes how much, etc. That would be an easy way for preschoolers to raise money because if other men are like my husband they empty their pockets every afternoon of change. I also keep a cup by the washing machine to catch any spare change that I might find there.
Tracy