Delivering Change - Best Baby Shower 2015

Delivering Change - Best Baby Shower 2015

Delivering Change: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies, in partnership with the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS ( KIDS ) Network, hosted the 2nd Luke’s Community Baby Shower last Saturday, November 7, 2015 at Washington Elementary in Junction City, KS.

The turnout for the second Luke's Community Baby Shower totaled over 300 people with 127 pregnant mothers and their support personnel. That total was up from the first community baby shower in June. Jill Nelson, Program Coordinator for Delivering Change, Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies said the focus of the shower was on safe sleep practices "We want to make sure that all of our Geary County Families know about safe sleep and how to keep their babies safe".  Ashley King, Marketing Director with Delivering Change "We had a great turnout and I know our mama's that attended today, learned about how important safe sleep is". King also noted that Delivering Change is hoping to have two Luke's Community Baby Shower's a year, one in the spring and one in the fall.

The baby shower — named for local SIDS baby Luke Nelson — was an opportunity to educate pregnant women and their support systems on safe sleep and other community resources available to them in Geary County. The community baby shower provided a free Graco Pack ‘n’ Play portable playard, a free Halo Sleep Sack, and other free items to pregnant women who completed the safe sleep training at the baby shower.

The local resources featured at the baby shower are: Breastfeeding Coalition, Geary County WIC, Parents as Teachers, OB Navigator, New Parent Support, Infant & Toddlers, Pawnee Mental Health, Geary County Health Department Mother & Infant/Home Visits, Geary Community Hospital Social Work, KanCare, and Geary Rehabilitation and Fitness.

Luke’s Community Baby Shower is funded as a part of the Healthy Start Grant that Delivering Change received last year.

Delivering Change: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies is a local collaborative established in 2011 to address health issues faced by infants and the women of chil-bearing age in order to reduce infant mortality and morbidity in Geary County.