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The Arc of Mecklenburg has formed a fabulous
partnership with Presbyterian Hospital to do a NICU (Neonatal
Intensive Care Unit) outreach project to parents and family
members of babies that are born prematurely.
Premature babies are more at risk for having
developmental delays and requiring some sort of early intervention
services. Better educated and supported parents in the beginning,
often lead to better outcomes for babies. This project got off the
ground thanks to the United Way of Central Carolina's Leading the Way
Team.
This project consists of monthly dinners at the
hospital for parents to have a free meal, a guest speaker that will
talk about important matters to these families, and tons of
resources that are provided to these families that include a care
notebook (to track the progress of the baby), Arc information and
community resource info. These dinners also give parents a chance to
speak with other parents that are going through similar situations.
These dinners take place during the hour of the nurse shift change,
when parents cannot be with their babies. These dinners allow for
the families to not have to go too far from their loved one and get
access to some much needed support.
How can you help???
We will be needing these supplies ongoing:
- Baby items such as bibs, onesies, rattles, etc.
- Gift cards to to retail stores to raffle off as door prizes
- Food donations for our monthly dinners
- VOLUNTEERS to help with the monthly dinners to make this
project a success!
Please contact Francine Patton at 704-332-4535 ext.
101 or
for additional information or
questions.
Zio Italian has
graciously donated the dinners for the next 6 months of our Noah's
Arc NICU program. THANK YOU ZIO!
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