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Teen Volunteer Leaders Wanted
ORGANIZATION: TINY STAR FOUNDATION
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Teen leaders needed to conduct local donation drives for child activity kit items to be used in hospital neonatal intensive care unit waiting rooms. Some siblings accompany their parents to the hospital and wait and others are permitted to briefly visit with their preemie baby brothers or sisters. We need 5 volunteers to advertise the donation drive for small NEW items on our hospital approved list, establish a drop box location, collect them and ship them back to us by the first week in September. The items on the list include any number of these: washable crayon packs, Star stickers, a 6-8 inch teddy bear, colored bandaids in a child print, coloring books in English and Spanish, individually sealed snack packs, small flashlights, blank cards and envelops (to make baby a card), and window clings no bigger than 4 inches for the hospital incubator, windows or their family car! We do provide community service hour letters or complete school forms if needed to verify your participation hours! Thanks for considering us!
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About TINY STAR FOUNDATION
Location:
29 Mount Pleasant Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960, US
Mission Statement
Our mission is to facilitate emotional, material and financial support for families of preterm babies before, during and after a hospital NICU stay and those who experienced a prenatal or perinatal loss or stillbirth. We also provide support for hospital NICU facilities to promote high quality care and improve services that address the entire families’ need for instrumental and emotional support.
Description
The organization was born out of love by three women on Valentine’s Day 2020 as a result of our family member’s prenatal and perinatal losses and the birth of one tiny mighty micropreemie who is thriving after 100 days in the NICU. We wished we had more information, resources, preparation and support so we decided to dedicate our time to bringing all of that to others. Our goals are to break the taboos around talking about pregnancy loss and the challenges and trauma faced in the NICU; to advocate for systemic change that improves maternal and child health, makes related mental health and, material and financial support available, reduces the percentage of poor pregnancy outcomes for women of color and grows emotional support programs for fathers who too often suffer in silence. We want to get others involved in taking tangible action steps to support these families, together we can improve high quality hospital NICU facilities, sponsor drives for needed 0-3T clothing, baby supplies, books and equipment, and raise funds to expand follow up care and services for all family members.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
This is a Virtual Opportunity with no fixed address.
DATE POSTED
June 17, 2021
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- Teens
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 14
- Spend as much or as little time as you need or want to collect some of the items. It takes an hour of planning, an hour of decorating your collection box and a few hours of making flyers or advertising on social media or telling your friends.
- Be well organized, record your time and activities and don’t forget to add the time to collect and ship or drop off your items to us in NJ. Photo document your donations and we will be sure to give you a letter for your volunteer services if needed.