Welcome to this month's edition of “Special Delivery”, the monthly newsletter from Miracle Babies! Each month, we will share information about Miracle Babies events, news, and, most importantly, our impact. We are proud of our work and it is important for us to share these accomplishments with supporters like you!    

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IN THE NEWS
Coming Together
For the Greater Good
Thank you to Mayor Solis for highlighting Miracle Babies in your update on how National City is supporting the local community. Mayor Solis spoke with KUSI on their efforts to help families in the South Bay. She spoke about the partnership with Miracle Babies and her influence to receive COVID-19 relief. If you watch the news clip above, she speaks about Miracle Babies around minute 2:50. We are grateful for Mayor Solis and her dedication to her constituents.
Diaper Distributions For Families in Need
In July, Miracle Babies did three diaper distributions from North County all the way down to the South Bay. We were able to to distribute 83,800 diapers to 1,045 San Diego families this past month. We owe a great deal of gratitude to the San Diego Food Bank for allowing Miracle Babies to be a diaper partner. With the help of the San Diego Food Bank, Frank Motors and the dozens of selfless donors, we have been able to help more than 2,800 San Diego families since we started diaper distributions back in May.


Doctor's Notes

World Breastfeeding Week 2020

This week we are celebrating World Breastfeeding Week and the US Breastfeeding Committee has declared August as Breastfeeding month. Using our collective voices, we want to encourage breastfeeding practices at all NICU’s across the country as much as possible.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends exclusively breastfeeding an infant for the first 6 months of life (no formula, juice, or water). Breast milk alone provides babies with the necessary nutrients and vitamins for them to grow healthy and strong during the first 6 months of life. Once solids are introduced around 6 months, AAP recommends breastfeeding should continue through age 2 years... (continue reading).   
Sunday, August 16-31, 2020
Help us raise $100K to purchase two more shuttles to fulfill our mission to unite parents with hospitalized newborns.
DONOR SPOTLIGHT
Thank You To These
Generous Supporters
Thank you to our Presenting Sponsor, Change For Justice, for their incredibly generous donation toward the Miracle Babies Virtual Superhero 5K. Change For Justice is an organization that was started by one of Miracle Babies long time supporters, Jennifer Moores. She started this organization to help families navigate the family court system and create the least amount of stress for children involved. We thank Jennifer Moores and Change For Justice for their support of our mission to unite parents with their hospitalized newborns.
Thank you to Frank Subrau for sponsoring July's Diaper Distribution in the South Bay. We provided 37,800 diapers to 448 families, our largest distribution yet! Support from Frank Subaru enables Miracle Babies to come into the local community sparing parents who were driving more than 45 minutes to receive diapers.
Thank you to the City of National City and the San Diego Council on Literacy for donating 600 books to be distributed at our South Bay diaper distribution last month. We are beyond grateful to the new partnership we have with National City and the things we can accomplish in the South Bay.

Thank you to MEMEENO for donating belly bands for our NICU care packages in Orange County! MEMEENO signature product, the baby belly band has helped countless parents treat gas, fussiness, constipation, and colic in their babies using a natural, external and safe method. 
EVENTS
Upcoming Events:
OUR IMPACT
Miracle Babies had this impact in July 2020: 

  • The Miracle Babies Shuttle provided 56 rides totaling more than 3,100 miles

  • Provided $7,450 in gas cards to 34 families with babies in the NICU during COVID-19.

  • Hosted 3 Virtual “Miracle Hours” connecting dozens of NICU parents to one another. Having a NICU baby can be isolating and overwhelming. Having a baby in the NICU during the COVID-19 pandemic adds a whole new set of stressors.

  •  141 care packages were delivered to 8 hospitals.  These packages contain contents intended to support parents who spend considerable time in the NICU breastfeeding and providing “kangaroo care”.

  • 83,800 diapers distributed to 1045 families.
If you are interested in volunteering or making an in-kind donation, please contact info@miraclebabies.org.
Thank you to the following Facebook friends who “hosted” Facebook fundraisers in July to raise money for Miracle Babies: Arlene Torres, Stan Adona, Mikah Jenelle, Rovena Sookoo, Randy Aven, and Jll McIntosh -we appreciate each one of you!
If you are interested in “hosting” your own Facebook fundraiser for Miracle Babies, go to the Fundraiser section of the Miracle Babies page and click on “Raise Money” or click below.
MIRACLE OF THE MONTH
Miracle Baby Wyatt
Meet Wyatt, born 7-19-2019 weighing 3lbs. 6 oz. and 15 3/4 inches long, at 32 weeks gestation. He was taken by emergency c-section because his mom Kassie was diagnosed with HELLPS Syndrome on the morning of the 18th. He spent 51 days in the NICU at Tri-City Medical Center, and was discharged on September 8th. 

Wyatt just celebrated his 1st birthday and is now 18 lbs 8 ozs and 28 inches long, and trying to running. Kassie reflects, 'this last year has been an interesting one, between managing a premature baby through flu season to dealing with a pandemic. Wyatt continues to amaze us with how well he is doing and we could not be more thankful to all the support we have gotten from the hospital staff and Miracle Babies since the beginning.

 Miracle babies helped us offset some of the fuel and food cost we endured during or 51 days of traveling 80 miles roundtrip from home to hospital. Thank you so much for all your continued support for us and for all the Miracle Babies out there! " Happy Birthday Wyatt we look forward to seeing you grow!

MIRACLE WORKER
Each month, “Special Delivery” will spotlight a “Miracle Worker” – someone who contributes to make Miracle Babies great!
Tina Liedtky
Meet Tina, proud mother of twin girls and Vice President of Miracle Babies Board of Directors. Tina was introduced to Miracle Babies shortly after the premature birth of her twins receiving one of our care packages, and has recently joined our Board of Directors. Tina has years of board experience and is an executive at Abbott, a global healthcare company that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Prior to Abbott, Tina was a commercial leader at various multinational medical device companies, including Medtronic and Boston Scientific. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. 

Tina is passionate about the vision and mission of Miracle Babies, having experienced the challenges that families endure when her twin daughters were born prematurely and were required to spend over a month in the NICU to ensure a healthy beginning. Thank you Tina, for your dedication to Miracle Babies and the families we serve. 
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