Volunteers collect, sort and clean the items and prepare giveaways for the families in need. Through collaboration with social service agencies, hospitals, homeless shelters, safe havens, schools and family court, new mothers at risk are identified. Those agencies request the essential items and, upon receipt, distribute to their clients.
Founder, Kim Amato, started Baby's Bounty in July of 2008 to address the rise in homelessness among families with young children. After learning about the increase in homeless families, Kim began investigating how often newborn children were being released from the hospital without the proper clothing and supplies to ensure that they thrived. Hospital and Clark County officials confirmed that many families were leaving the hospital without any supplies whatsoever for their newborn children. The infants had no safe place to sleep and no clothing or diapers.
Once Kim started collecting clothing and gear by reaching out to family, friends, churches, schools and anyone else who was able to help, Baby's Bounty was "born." Now, each baby in need receives a diaper bag filled with new and gently used infant clothing, receiving blankets, bottles, toiletries and any vital equipment, such as a stroller, pack 'n' play (portable crib), car seat and bathtub. Every baby needs a safe place to sleep. The "Good Night, Sleep Tight" program is devoted to providing each new baby in need with a portable crib to call their own. Click on the "Donation Suggestions" to find out more about purchasing a safe sleep environment for a baby in need.
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Source: http://babysbounty.org/
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