Expanding!! A Preemie Prints Sew & Craft in Edna, Tx

We are so excited and thankful for a wonderful group of ladies who came together in Edna, Tx to sew & craft for  Preemie Prints. They supported our mission by helping to sew NICU positioners. These "snakes", as many parents and nurses refer to them, help to keep a baby warm & cozy. They help NICU staff to create a womb-like environment and they help to position the baby properly. They also aid in wire placement. They are really helpful and probably one of the programs our partner hospitals are most thankful for.

This group had a wonderful time, and they hope to become an official Preemie Prints chapter. If they decide to do this, we will be adding on the Victoria, Tx NICUs as official donation recipients. At their next meeting they will be working on the Preemie Prints giraffes and creating bundles to give to NICU families.

To form a chapter, it takes commitment and love for NICU babies and their families; we're excited to have the support of this wonderful group of ladies!

Sewing for NICU Babies In College Station

This past Thursday we held our monthly Preemie Prints Sew & Craft meeting at Scott & White Hospital in College Station. We had a wonderful turnout with new many new volunteers - thank you all for coming! I think we had about 5 sewing machines going and the rest of us were turning, stuffing, and hand sewing giraffes for babies in the NICU. These giraffes are a very special keepsake for NICU families and can also be used to transfer mom's scent to baby. You can tuck the giraffe close to your skin to absorb your scent. You can then leave the scented giraffe next to your baby for comfort when you are not there.

After our sewing meeting we made a large donation to the S&W NICU. We donated 18 positioning devices to be used in the babies developmental care. Babies born early need special attention to
support their growth. Developmental care means providing your baby with every opportunity for the best possible progress. Preemie Prints is happy to be a part of the developmental care of all babies in Bryan College Station who must be in the NICU through our donated NICU positioning devices. We have many programs but this one is so special because we know we are directly helping preemies and supporting their development. Our positioning device is a bead filled tube covered with soft fleece. Nurses gently shape it around the baby. When baby pushes against the tube, they can feel the beads moving back. This is similar to what a baby feels in your womb. This device also helps with warmth, holding wires, and positioning baby.

We also donated 25 NICU gift bundles for families containing a giraffe and a preemie hat! It was a wonderful meeting. Many of us are past NICU parents so we talked about our NICU journeys. A current NICU mom popped in to share a little about her journey and we had two NICU nurses from Scott & White stop in to thank us for what we do. You can join us the 1st Thursday of every month at one of our local hospitals. We meet on a rotating schedule at all three. Here is the current schedule.

July 3rd - The College Station Medical Center, Executive boardroom, 1st Floor
August 7th - St. Joseph's Hospital, Basement Room E/F
September 4th - Scott & White Hospital, Third Floor, Boardroom right outside of the NICU
October 2nd - The College Station Med, Executive boardroom, 1st Floor
November 6th - St. Joseph's Hospital, Basement Room E/F
December 4th - Scott & White - Christmas Party with NICU Family Support Group and local volunteers

Little Helpers

Hard at work

Scott & White NICU donation 2014

Houston in 2014

2014 is off to an amazing start!

 As many of you heard we are having our first fundraiser and we need everyones help to raise the money needed to fund our support in the Houston area. I challenge everyone to turn in $25 dollars in proof of purchases. Tell your friends and family and get them invloved. Proof of Purchase Fundraiser 

We had a very successful first sewing meeting. The turn out was great we had between 10-12 ladies from the church come. I encourage the families in our support group to join us if you can. We will be meeting on the second and third Thursday of every month at Wildewood Baptist Church 5110 Louetta Rd, Spring, Texas 77379 Sewing Group

And  last but certainly not least..... Our Monthly meetings are back on track after the holidays. We will be meeting the last Saturday of the monthuntil June (for sure) at 2pm at the Ronald McDonald House

1907 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, Texas 77030

https://www.facebook.com/HoustonTexasPreemiePrints/events?key=events#!/events/180547272142897/



A Donation Of Tiny Blankets

A donation of tiny blankets, that will go in the next round of NICU gift bags, were dropped off today! Thank you Project Linus, Brazos Valley, for partnering with Preemie Prints! We appreciate your blanket donation and so will many NICU families. They are absolutely precious!!

Charity Sewing For Preemies

I just received a wonderful email and wanted to share. Surprises are so wonderful. We had no idea this sewing group had been sewing for charity over the past year and their charity of choice was Preemie Prints! As soon as we receive the donation, I'll post pictures and more information about the amazing ladies who have been secret members of Preemie Prints Sew & Craft all year long!

Hi, Amber, I got your email by doing a search for charity sewing for preemies near Waco. About a year or so ago, I gave a presentation to a sewing group in Texas about charity sewing. I told them about different charity groups and categories of charity sewing, like preemies, homeless, animal shelter items, nursing homes, and gave them some free patterns I got off the Internet. I used to do charity sewing, but with my job I haven't done muchin the past few years I'm sad to say. 


However, recently that sewing group contacted me and said they had made a bunch of preemie items and asked me for the address again of where to send them. 


Can you tell me what address to give them to send their finished items? 


Sincerely,
Roxanne 


Later in the day another wonderful email popped up regarding our Project Linus partnership in the Brazos Valley. They have a donation ready for us of over 130 blankets for preemies!!! The kindness and support is absolutely amazing! So many babies and families will be blessed through these donations.