Welcome to this month's edition of “Special Delivery”, the monthly newsletter from Miracle Babies! Each month, we 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!     We welcome your feedback and suggestions:  admin@miraclebabies.org

Thank You to all who supported our 5K! Your our Superhero We are incredibly thankful for yet another successful Miracle Babies Superhero 5K in the books! With the help of walkers, runners, donors, and sponsors, we were able to raise more than $110,000 for families with hospitalized babies. Check out some clips of the 2021 Superhero 5K coverage: News Clip #1 News Clip #2 News Clip #3

Miracle Babies had this impact in August 2021: The Miracle Babies Transportation Assistance Program logged 7,510 miles and provided 215 rides to parents with hospitalized babies. Delivered 210 care packages to Southern California hospitals providing resources, care and comfort items to parents Hosted 3 Virtual Miracle Hours connecting dozens of NICU parents to one another.  Distributed more than 294,000 diapers to over 2,500 families in 2021 

Thank You to These Sponsors!

Thank you to Bionano Genomics our 5K Start and Finish Line sponsor. Bionano Genomics, Inc. is a life sciences company in the genome analysis space and markets the Saphyr® system, a genome imaging platform used for unbiased genome-wide detection of structural variants (SV) in germline/constitutional diseases. Bionano Optical Genome Mapping (OGM) with Saphyr provides comprehensive SV calls with sensitivities which far exceed those based on traditional sequencing methodologies. Thank you to WaterWipes our Diaper Dash Sponsor in the Superhero 5K. WaterWipes is also a sponsor of our 2022 baby calendar. WaterWipes are the world's purest wipes and are perfect for premature babies with delicate skin. We are incredibly grateful for their longstanding financial support and donations of WaterWipes for our care packages. Our care packages are distributed to over 15 hospitals across the Southern California region. Click here to see this year's diaper dash

TICKETS

SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

2022 Miracle Babies Photo Calendar Contest

The 2022 Miracle Babies Photo Calendar Contest has now started! This contest is open to ALL children ages 3 and under, no NICU experience is required. All entry and voting donations go directly toward supporting families with hospitalized babies. The Grand Prize winner will receive: 1 year supply of Water Wipes $250 Amazon gift card Ergobaby stroller Miracle Babies signature tote Professional photo session with Mary Sasso Photography Cover photo of the 2022 Miracle Babies Calendar 1 free copy of the 2022 Miracle Babies Calendar The Top 12 participants will receive: Professional photo session with Mary Sasso Photography 1 Month Spread in the 2022 Miracle Babies Calendar 1 free copy of the 2022 Miracle Babies Calendar

Thank you to the following Facebook friends who “hosted” Facebook fundraisers in August to raise money for Miracle Babies: Deb Bushore, Natashia Lee, Miguel Nava, and Nicole King -we appreciate 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.

CLICK HERE TO FUNDRAISE

MIRACLE OF THE MONTH

Miracle Baby Anthony

Happy 1st birthday to this little miracle, Anthony! Anthony was born August 24, 2020 at only 26 weeks and 6 days. He was a tiny 2 lbs. and 2 oz. at birth. Anthony spent 83 days in the NICU before he was united with his family at home. Miracle Mom Yesenia, Anthony and family, joined the Miracle Babies Superhero 5K last month to give back to parents with hospitalized babies. It's truly special to see the support come full circle. Anthony is home with his family and thriving.

If you have a NICU story you would like to share, please share your story here.

MIRACLE WORKERS

Meet our 2021 Gala Chairs Sandra Alavai and Selma Daniels. These ladies are both hardworking mothers, entrepreneurs and businesswomen and are proud to support our mission that leads to better beginnings for precious babies. Click here to learn more about our chairs

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