Miracle Babies Foundation

We received such an overwhelming response this year that our funders want to see the support for more families continue. Thanks to the support of our wonderful matching funders Mounties, Natalis, BabyLove and WaterWipes and our community supporters, we have more matching funds to add to the pool. Let's go for $180,000 to support 1,258 families in Australia! To help us reach our target, make a donation here: https://lnkd.in/gBYJ5jx

Thank you to everyone who came along to our Open Day to celebrate Quadruple Giving Day! We appreciate your support. Thank you to Jenny Ware MP and Tina Ayyad MP for speaking and sharing your miracle story with us. And a big thank you to our matching donors, BabyLove, Natalis,WaterWipes and Mounties Group. Quadruple Giving Day would not be possible without your support! It was a wonderful evening with coffee and lunch at our Head Office celebrating Quadruple Giving Day with all quadrupled donations going directly towards families or premature and sick newborns. Kylie Pussell Danielle Hodgson Ned Mannoun Beyond Bank Australia Benchmark National Unimech Taylor'd Funerals Bankstown Central Adwar & Associates Sacco Building Group Pty Ltd

We Made it! We hit over $120,000! Thank you to everyone who generously donated! We appreciate all the support! We couldn't do this without our wonderful matching donors, WaterWipes, BabyLove, Natalis and Mounties Group. Thank you for the continued support on Quadruple Giving Day. We have now gone into our bonus round so donations are still open. Click here to show your support: https://lnkd.in/gBYJ5jx

Our Quadruple Giving Day IS ON NOW! We're aiming for $120,000 this year and we can't do it without your generous support. If you have ever considered donating to Miracle Babies Foundation, today is the day! Get your work team together and challenge 10 of your colleagues to donate $10 each. Your team has just instantly raised $400 which is going to help support 6 families throughout their hospital journey. Every $1 donated becomes $4 thanks to our matching donors Mounties Group, Natalis, BabyLove and WaterWipes. Ready to donate? Click the link here: https://lnkd.in/gBYJ5jx to donate today or create your team. We are so thankful for your support 💛

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🌟 Miracle Month of May Community Highlight: Mullane & Lindsay Solicitors office fundraiser Thank you to Mullane & Lindsay Solicitors for raising over $500 at their fundraising lunch.   “We had a lunch which was rainbow themed. We asked our team to donate to the wonderful cause. We were motivated to donate to Miracle Babies as one of staff received support when their baby was born last year.”   If you would like to ger your team together and fundraise for Miracle Babies this Miracle Month of May, please click here to find out more information: https://lnkd.in/gHCMi-3G

There are 48 hours to go until our Quadruple Giving Day is Live! Your support in 48 hours makes all the difference to premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them. Wondering where all the money from donations goes? Our NurtureProgram Resources and Services are provided free to all families who are challenged by prematurity or sickness. Our comprehensive NurtureProgram consists of; 💠NurtureLine: 24-hour family support line with access to a trained support team. 💠Nurture Time: Facilitated by qualified Miracle Babies Foundation volunteers, these support sessions operate within Australian NICU's and online providing vital, comforting emotional support. 💠NurtureGroup: Out-of-hospital play and support groups for families and carers who have experienced the birth of a premature or sick newborn. Health professionals such as speech pathologists, physiotherapists, family support nurses, social workers and occupational therapists may also attend NurtureGroups to support families. 💠NurtureProgram Resources: We supply a range of resources for families with a premature or sick baby, to positively change the experience for families during what can be an emotional and traumatic time. Our resources are developed by parents themselves who have had a premature or sick baby and work toward supporting, educating and empowering families from admission, discharge, bereavement and the transition to home. Create your team with your work colleagues! or make a pre-pledge today: https://lnkd.in/gBYJ5jx

World Human Milk Donation Day is today, 19th of May 2024. A day created to raise awareness and promote the importance of donating human milk to milk banks. Breast milk is beneficial to all babies, but for premature and sick newborns, it provides vitally important health benefits and acts like a medicine that only a mother’s milk can provide. Donated breast milk is essential when a mother’s own milk is not available for these babies to help them grow and prevent health complications, including a type of gut infection called necrotising enterocolitis that can be fatal. Lifeblood’s milk service operates nationally and currently supplies donated breast milk to 35 hospitals in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, and ACT. The service currently has around 300 donors in the Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane areas and supplies 5500 litres of milk every year, with demand this year expected to jump to 6000 litres. “Donated breast milk is liquid gold for premature or very sick and small babies and is the best source of nutrition when a mother’s own milk is not available.” Last month, Australian Red Cross Lifeblood generously provided the Miracle Babies Head office team a tour of their facility located in Alexandria, NSW. It was a wonderful experience understanding how the milk is processed and learning about all they do for premature and sick newborns. Would you be able to help Lifeblood with Human Milk? Australian Red Cross Lifeblood is calling for mothers in the Brisbane area with excess breast milk to help restock the freezers for the state’s premature and low birth-weight babies. “We’re particularly looking for mothers who live within the wider Brisbane area and have more than three litres of frozen or expressed milk that is less than 10 weeks old, and who pass our eligibility criteria, to get in touch.” - Lifeblood Milk Service Manager Chris Sulfaro Information about becoming a donor can be found at: https://lnkd.in/gD7AgaE

The release of the Federal Budget this week missed an opportunity to improve the lives of vulnerable families across Australia with a premature or sick baby. Miracle Babies Foundation continue to advocate for families to call on the Australian Government to provide additional Paid Parental Leave entitlements during the critical care period when a baby born premature or critically ill spends a significant time in hospital. Australian Government employees are entitled to Paid premature birth leave which is available from the date of birth to what would have been 37 weeks gestation. We call on the Australian Government to make this available for all families across Australia. “This addition to the Paid Parental Leave scheme to better support families during their premature or sick baby’s hospital stay should be available for everyone. It should not matter where you work – all families deserve the best start to life" - Kylie Pussell, CEO and CoFounder said. To share your voice please visit https://lnkd.in/g29Ecu7F

The team at the Salesforce building are busy preparing for the Tower Stairclimb next week, where they climb the building’s 53 levels to raise funds and awareness for Miracle Babies Foundation. Participating in the Stairclimb is no easy feat; to get behind their event and support fundraising efforts, you can make a donation here: https://lnkd.in/gfvt2Kf5