• The Process

    How your donation makes this possible

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    From the Hospital

    We donate a fully equipped rolling cart in a hospital with maternity and NICU care for easy access for nurses & staff to roll into a room whenever it's needed. Nurses feel more equipped to handle an already sensitive situation.

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    To Empty Arms

    Parents who are grieving the loss of their child(ren) are able to take home any book(s) they feel they need. Books are always 100% free, but we encourage people to "pay it forward" if they can.

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    To Bringing Hope

    Gently used books can be donated back to us to be donated to counseling centers or OBGYN offices for additional resources to parents who were not in a hospital setting during their loss (early miscarriage, home birth, infant loss, etc)

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    Wheeling in Comfort

    Every parent that finds themselves in the hospital with aching, empty arms deserves to hear "You are loved, and you are not alone." One of the ways we want to help share this message to parents is by offering them free books and accessible resources on infant loss and navigating grief. No matter what their journey looks like when they go home, at least they will be able to hear those words of encouragement from another mom or dad who has lost a child: You are loved, and you are not alone.

     

    Our main project is donating rolling carts to local hospitals with labor & delivery & NICU units for easy access for nurses & staff to roll into a room whenever it's needed. Nurses feel more equipped to handle an already sensitive situation. Parents who are grieving the loss of their child(ren) are able to take home any book(s) and paper resources they feel they need, such as a flyer from the Mother's Milk Bank by WakeMed on how to pump breastmilk after a loss, or a brochure about KinderMourn counseling programs and services. Everything on the carts are 100% free, but we encourage people to "pay it forward" if they can. Books cost us an average of $10 each, and it costs $250-$300 to send a fully loaded cart to a new hospital. Gently used books can be donated back to us where we will use them in OBGYN, MFM, and counseling offices around the area to support and train doctors, nurses, and therapists.

     

    We hope you will consider donating to this cause to help bring parents hope during their darkest hours.
  • IMPACT

    How we are giving back to the baby loss community since 2022

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    2022

    We raised over $4,200 in 2022

    Purchased over $1,700 in books

    Donated over $1,200 in books

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    2023

    We raised over $3,800 in 2023

    Purchased over $2,200 in books

    Donated over 50 books in three hospitals

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    Library Donations

    In 2023 we donated 24 books to two libraries' collections in two states & 1 mobile library. As of 3/18/24, these books have been checked out 11 times!

  • Request A Restock

    For providers, hospitals, & other facilities that currently have a book cart and need to request more books, brochures, or bookmarks, please use the link below.