Welcome, Nick! New Preemie Prints Photography Volunteer

Please help us welcome volunteer photographer, Nick! She will be helping give the gift of NICU photography to preemie and NICU families in New York

Nick Walters
Nick Walters Photography
www.nickwalters.com
nick@nickwalters.com

Service Area: Rochester

Hospitals: Strong Memorial, RGH, Highland

About Nick:

“I am excited to combine my passion for neonatal nursing with my love for photography to help provide NICU families with positive support and pictures.”

www.preemieprints.org

Preemie Prints is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization sharing hope with NICU families through a variety of support programs. One of those programs is the gift of NICU photography and preemie photography. NICU families from across the US can request a no-charge photography session by a Preemie Prints volunteer. The family request from can be found on the right side of our website. These sessions are free of charge and for any NICU family, regardless of time spent in the NICU. The NICU photo shoot can take place inside the NICU or after baby is discharged and at home until their 1st birthday. Facing time in a NICU with a premature or critically ill baby is an extremely difficult time for families. Preemie Prints has a mission to share hope by letting families know they are not alone. Preemie Prints currently has over 100 volunteers nationwide. We are always looking for more volunteers to share in our mission! If you are interested, please email sherri@preemieprints.org and visit our website at www.preemieprints.org. To date Preemie Prints and our volunteers have gifted over 500 NICU family sessions.

Welcome New Preemie Prints Volunteer, Brian!

Please help us welcome volunteer photographer, Brian! She will be helping give the gift of NICU photography to preemie and NICU families in Texas!

Brian C Parks
Brian C Parks Photography
www.briancparks.com
info@briancparks.com

Service Area: College Station/Bryan

Hospitals: Scott & White, St. Joseph's

About Brian:
“Photography has always been one of my passions, though the birth of my daughter made capturing those precious moments even more important. Time flies by quicker each day, but the photos are always there to remind me of those fleeting moments. Seeing my wife’s photos of herself as a preemie floored me. That someone so beautiful and full of life now could have at one time been so tiny and fragile really made me appreciate her journey so much more. I would love to give others photos like that to look back on."

www.preemieprints.org

Preemie Prints is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization sharing hope with NICU families through a variety of support programs. One of those programs is the gift of NICU photography and preemie photography. NICU families from across the US can request a no-charge photography session by a Preemie Prints volunteer. The family request from can be found on the right side of our website. These sessions are free of charge and for any NICU family, regardless of time spent in the NICU. The NICU photo shoot can take place inside the NICU or after baby is discharged and at home until their 1st birthday. Facing time in a NICU with a premature or critically ill baby is an extremely difficult time for families. Preemie Prints has a mission to share hope by letting families know they are not alone. Preemie Prints currently has over 100 volunteers nationwide. We are always looking for more volunteers to share in our mission! If you are interested, please email sherri@preemieprints.org and visit our website at www.preemieprints.org. To date Preemie Prints and our volunteers have gifted over 500 NICU family sessions.

Norah's NICU Grad Photo Shoot

Please enjoy Preemie Prints' families’ inspirational story & photos. 

Consider supporting our mission to share hope with families who have a baby born prematurely or critically ill. We thank our supporters, Preemie Prints volunteers, and donors for allowing us to continue touching the lives of NICU, preemie, and angel families.

We pray these special memories from Preemie Prints 

will help families heal and remember how strong 

they were in overcoming their NICU journey together.

A NICU STORY | THOUGHTS FROM MOM

“My daughter Norah was born 11 weeks early at 29 week's and 5 days. When she was born she weighed 3lb 8oz. Due to an infection, I was very sick and so was she. Her weight dropped down to 2lb 10oz and I actually had to ask the doctor "do you think she will make it?" At that time, nobody could say for sure. At 1 month old, she weighs 4lb 7oz and I stay here at the NICU with her 6/7 days of the week. I love photography and I have a scrapbook started.

My daughter is doing so great in such a short time. Cardinal Glennon is amazing.”

Norah is now 4 months old.

A Note From Angela:

“The session went well for the most part, Norah didn't want to sleep and was a little fussy without her pacifier, but I got several good pictures. I absolutely loved working with this sweet angel. She was a very happy baby for the most part, I connected well with mom since I was a mom at 18 as well. I loved seeing how much mom and dad really love this little girl. The only thing I wished would have been different was getting her to sleep. I tried the magic touch, between the eyes, and it almost worked until she heard dad talking.”

Photos belong to our volunteer photographers, families, 

and organization please do not use for any purpose. 

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Preemie Prints is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization sharing hope with NICU families through a variety of support programs. One of those programs is the gift of NICU photography and preemie photography. NICU families from across the US can request a no-charge photography session by a Preemie Prints volunteer. The family request from can be found on the right side of our website. These sessions are free of charge and for any NICU family, regardless of time spent in the NICU. The NICU photo shoot can take place inside the NICU or after baby is discharged and at home until their 1st birthday. Facing time in a NICU with a premature or critically ill baby is an extremely difficult time for families. Preemie Prints has a mission to share hope by letting families know they are not alone. Preemie Prints currently has over 100 volunteers nationwide. We are always looking for more volunteers to share in our mission! If you are interested, please email sherri@preemieprints.org and visit our website at www.preemieprints.org. To date Preemie Prints and our volunteers have gifted over 400 NICU family sessions. 

This was a Preemie Prints NICU graduate photography session that took place near St. Louis, MO.

We're thankful to the family for sharing their story & memories in support of other NICU families.

NICU & Angel Baby Summer Hat Challenge 2015

We set a goal for our volunteers to make 200 hats for our NICU and Angel babies this summer. Can I just say WOW?!!!

 

 

All hats have been turned in and the grand total is........


 

 

 

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers who spent so many hours of their summer to make hats for our NICU and Angel babies. I am just blown away!!

It was so fun to hear many stories from volunteers and why they chose to donate. There were NICU moms, preemie aunts, cousins, sisters, and friends. There was a mom who used scraps from her grown kids baby quilts. Each hat was made with love and I know will be cherished by the family who receives it.

For each 5 hats that were donated, volunteers were entered into a drawing to win a giraffe. The winners are:

1. Sarina
2. Michelle
3. Sarina
4. Leeanna
5. Leeanna
6. Michelle
7. Rhianna
8. Cecilia

THANK YOU ALL for making and donating hats!!!

 

Preemie hats are an ongoing need. We donate them to our three local hospitals, College Station Medical Center, St. Joseph Hospital in Bryan, and Scott and White of College Station. We also send them with recipients of our Preemie Prints volunteer photography. If you are interested in donating preemie hats please send them to:

 

Preemie Prints Headquarters

2306 Kendal Green Circle

College Station, Texas 77845

 

Please enjoy a few pics of the hats donated: