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Clothing our smallest miracles.

Welcome to the website for Heartstrings & Angel Wings, a non-profit charity organization dedicated to supporting premature babies and their families. We provide clothing and other items used in Neonatal Intensive Care Units during the (often extended) stay for the family's newest members.

Our organization works off of the donations of time, talent, and funds of the people in the communities served by our Acadiana area hospitals who are touched by the stories and heorism of premature babies and their families. Without your help, we will not be able to continue, so please, send us your information today and help. Anything you can do, small or large, is greatly appreciated. (Monetary donations are also accepted.)

Visit our blog for updates and news on what's going on in the group as well as pictures of all our deliveries! http://heartstringsandangelwings.blogspot.com

***Announcements***

**Our April workday was a huge success! Thank you to all who came out and made things for the NICU babies! Your work is priceless! Check this blog post for pictures!

**Thank you to all who came out on May 2nd to walk with us in the March of Dimes March for Babies! We had a great turnout, and more than doubled our original fundraising goal! Thank you for walking, and thank you for donating. Hope to see you all next year!!! Check our blog for pictures from the day.

**June workday is June 6th!

**View our blog at http://heartstringsandangelwings.blogspot.com

**We love our Heartstrings Babies!!! We would love to see pictures of your angels wearing our handmade Heartstrings clothing. Email your pictures to heartstrings_angelwings@yahoo.com , please include gestational age of baby at birth. Pictures may be posted on our website, but no names will be posted for security. We love hearing from the families of these precious miracles that we have served.

How we were formed.

Heartstrings and Angel Wings was formed after the birth of Heath Logan - a Breaux Bridge area premature baby related to some of our members - born 16 weeks too soon. Micro preemie baby clothing is not readily available, and often hard to find, so our goal is to provide clothing to fit any of these small babies. This relieves a little of the stresses felt by parents with babies in Neonatal ICU and also provides comfort to the baby. The premature babies we provide clothing for range from 1 pound or less to 6 pounds in weight. Most babies stay for weeks or months in Neonatal ICU. The items we provide families with are shirts, gowns, hats, blankets, incubator covers, loveys, etc.

"Miracle" Babies

Babies born before 37 weeks of gestation are deemed premature.

In the last 20 years, the rate of premature birth increased 31 percent.

Premature birth is the number one killer of newborns.

Prematurity affects 1 in every 8 babies in the United States.

Babies who survive may face serious, lifelong health problems.

Premature babies stay in Neonatal Intensive until approximately until their due date.

Causes of nearly half of all preterm births are unknown.

Preterm birth is the leading challenge in pediatrics.

On an average day in the United States, 1,305 babies are born premature (before 37 weeks); 213 are born severely premature (before 32 weeks).

Hospitals in the area that we aid.

Lafayette General Medical Center NICU

Can accomodate 25 babies.

Women's & Childrens NICU

Can accomodate 54 babies.

What you can do to help.

Any service provided to Heartstrings is very appreciated. You can help in the smallest or largest of capacities. These are some of the service areas in which we need help:

Donate (money or materials)
Sew Clothing (patterns provided)
Cut Patterns (material and patterns provided)
Wash Clothing (Dreft)
Package Clothing (Sealed zipper bags)
Distribute Flyers/Brochures

If you have any questions, or would like to join our organization, please email us today! All you need to do is send your name, address, phone number and provide us with what you would like to do. We'll contact you with the rest! Or you can send us your information via the website - go to the navagation panel on the left and go to the Contact Us page.

Heartstrings & Angel Wings

Breaux Bridge, LA

heartstrings_angelwings@yahoo.com