The Preemie Project Group Blog

Board of Directors Transition

September 2009 marked three years since the first meeting of TPPs Board of Directors.  The board meets quarterly to evaluate our mission and decide how to spend profits from our fundraisers.  Board members serve three year terms.  These men and women are dedicated volunteers who spend hundreds of hours a year working on various committees, attending events, and making handmade items in their own time.  All positions are currently filled, but please if you would like to be considered in the future. 

Board Resignations

As September marked the end of our first three year terms, some of our board members decided to move onto new ventures and resigned their positions.  Thank you to Deb Gilpin and Rita Schmidt for three years of dedicated service as board and fundraising committee members.  You will be missed!

TPP’s 2009-2010 Board of Directors

Not Pictured: Libby Wilson and Linda Aker

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Community Support and Service Projects

We have some very special and wonderful supporters we would like to thank for their contributions this quarter.

Senior Service Project

Emily Wolf is a high school senior from New York who choose to knit hats for babies in Iowa as her senior service project.  At her high school, students who complete 300 hours of community service are given a ribbon to wear at graduation.  Emily chose TPP as the beneficiary of her work after she researched “to find the right place where my hats would be used to help families in need”.  Emily also said that she “felt drawn to TPP and I hopes all is well in Iowa as she prays TPP continues to help others”.  The culmination of Emily’s project was sending us 25 completed, adorable, knit preemie hats.  TPP thank’s Emily for her service and congratulates her on her hard work.  We wish Emily all the best as she starts college in the fall!

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Volunteer Appreciation and Annual Awards

This August marks 4 years since TPP made its first donation to the UIHC, NICU.  In honor of the work of our volunteers, we gathered in celebration at North Ridge Pavilion in Coralville, IA on June 18, 2009. 

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“Back to Sleep” Campaign Update

Since we announced the “Back to Sleep” Campaign in January, we have been working hard to put together all of the details to share with our volunteers.  We hope you will consider helping us with this project!  For those of you who have not heard about this project yet, we’ve included the details below.  If you already know all about this campaign, scroll down a bit for the new details!

What is the “Back to Sleep” Campaign?
As a part of the UIHC, NICUs “Back to Sleep” Campaign, we are providing them with blanket sleepers.  These sleepers are designed to help babies transition from the NICU to their new, home environment and to reinforce safe sleeping practices.  The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends placing babies on their backs to sleep, while wearing a blanket sleeper, instead of using loose swaddling blankets to decrease the incidence of (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) SIDS.

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