Campaign Closed October 13,2016!  Thank you everyone for the $9359.00 raised!

First off I would like to thank everyone who has contributed to the fundraiser that All Things Neonatal has organized.  Each gift no matter how small makes a difference one person at a time.  I am overwhelmed not just by the generosity of the people who follow the Facebook page and this blog but by the numbers of people that have an interest in well… All things that are neonatal!  The same day as the campaign began the Facebook page passed 10000 likes and that is saying something.  When I started I had no idea where this would go and here we are just a year and a half in and by definition we can now say goodbye to our classification as a town and consider ourselves a city having reached 10000!

With respect to the subject of generosity though I would like to make special mention and a public thank you to two very large donations that came today.  The first is from Vickar Community Chevrolet who gave $500 towards the cause.  Given that I was looking for donations as small as $1 per member on the site I consider this to be quite amazing.  It is quite inspiring to think that a company operating completely outside of the health care field still takes the time to recognize the importance of the needs of babies in our hospital.

The second “shout out” I feel the need to give is to a company that to be honest I had not heard of until today.  The company is The Nanny Company Inc who operate out of Winnipeg and I am sure would be of use to many of the families that I have discharged who themselves may find themselves in need of such help.  The Nanny Company today gave $1000 towards the fundraiser and with their donation I am proud to say we crossed the first threshold of $2000 and I am proud to announce we can officially buy one milk warmer for the NICU in Winnipeg!

By the way the Nanny Company also have a Facebook page as do Vickar Community Chevrolet so check them out to see what they do!

It is these kind of selfless acts that make me believe in the power of community.  Whether you live in Winnipeg or not it doesn’t really matter.  We all share space on this planet of ours and whether a baby is in Winnipeg, LA, Auckland or Capetown they all need our help.  With that I ask you again whether you have followed this page or not if you can spare the cost of a cheap cup of coffee and use the power that we have with 10000 members to reach our goal of at least 4 milk warmers.  If you would consider it click on this link below to Hold Their Hand and do something that you will feel great about this Weekend!

Hold Their Hand