Challenge: 50 gifts for babies in 10 days. Odaboro Foundation will be collecting gifts, big or small, for Cincinnati Children's Hospital NICU babies for the next 10 days. Remember there are plenty of tiny babies and new moms that may be sleeping in the NICU for days, weeks or months... Email me for drop off locations or phone number. I'll make the deliver the night of Dec 24th. If wrapping please use either a gift bag or attach a description so that we can give appropriate gifts to babies, i.e. boy, girl, mom, preemie, etc. Things that you'd give at a baby shower, or for a friend that's a new mom for Christmas. Let's get it done!
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![]() Our first container has been packed and is ready to go to port in Virginia where it will be sent by ship to Ghana. It should arrive by the time we fly into Ghana at the end of January. After countless hours of collecting, planning and packing we realized that we have come into contact with some very generous people, and there are friends and family who we could not have done this without their support. Boxes loaded: 199 Estimated weight: 7,181 lbs. Estimated value: $130,000 Thank you to the Sears Family for hosting The 1stAnnual Tiny Warriors Golf Scramble. Thank you to the Mercy Hospital system for their scrub drive and generous medical equipment donation. Thank you to the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital employees for collecting and donating medical supplies. Thank you to Kelly Lumber, Mike Coppage and Matt our forklift driver! Special thanks to Carol, Eric, Katrina, Kristin and Todd. Thank you to all who have made generous donations in order to get us here. Not only do we appreciate your generosity, but the babies in Ghana will shortly be receiving the benefits. Odaboro Staff Thanks for all the great stuff over the past few months. Keep it coming. I have medical supplies coming in from various units in several hospitals. But I wanted to update everyone on this months "campaign". I'm going to be asking everyone to clean out their closets.
On my last trip to Ghana we worked mostly in the Labor and Delivery and NICU at the largest hospitals. However, we did take a couple of short breaks to travel to the remote areas to see how the people there struggled with medical needs. A few of the midwives that travelled with us took along toys. They passed out these toys in the areas where most children only wear the same article of clothing nearly every day. Whether this is a pair of shorts or just poorly fitted underwear. The children there played with makeshift toys made from sticks, stones and discarded rubber. They loved the few toys that were able to be handed out. Some where also given to children in the hospital, which brought a lot of joy to all faces. Please take this opportunity to help us collect a few more good condition toys to hand out on our next trip. If you don't have babies or kids, check with your brothers and sisters; I'm sure they'd love your help cleaning out a closet or two to make way for this year's Christmas. You can make this your Christmas gift to your friends and family (helping them clean) and your gift to a charity (donating a few used toys to a child in need). Please collect gently used baby and childrens' toys. Manual items are best. We will be setting up collection times and locations over the coming month. If you have a large collection, please contact us for a pick up, or feel free to send them by mail to our address (as noted on our home page and logo). Thanks for your help. Michael Moyer RNC President and Founder |
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