To date, we have purchased
and given out over
Sleep Sacks!
What we have done:
- 2013-Held our 1st 5k in conjunction with another organization.
- 2014-Held our 1st 5k as the Aden Lamps Foundation
- 2014-Began supplying safe sleep packages to St. Margaret’s Hospital in Spring Valley and IVCH in Peru and La Salle County WIC.
- 2016-Began to purchase and donate pack n plays to those who do not have a safe space for their baby to sleep.
- 2019-Set up a safe sleep display at the Peru Public Library.
- 2019-Worked with Senator Sue Rezin to get a bill passed (SB1568/Public Act 101-0338)-Effective 1/1/2020.
- 2019-Began to donate safe sleep packages to OSF Ottawa.
- 2019-Provided 2 cribs and 3 pack n plays to PADS Homeless Shelter in Peru.
- 2019-Provided 1 crib and 3 pack n plays to PADS Homeless Shelter in Ottawa.
- 2020-Purchased and donated safe sleep information banners for local hospitals and organizations to display.
- 2020-Began a “buy back” program-we take unsafe items and provide gift cards in return.
- 2021-Began supplying safe sleep packages to Morris Hospital.
- 2021-Created a video sharing stories and information about safe sleep.
- 2022-Provided sleep sacks to local high schools to use with their “real care” babies.
- 2023-Began supplying safe sleep packages to KSB Hospital-Dixon.
- 2023-Began supplying safe sleep packages to CGH in Sterling.
Organizations we currently donate to or have in the past:
- Abigail Women’s Center-Mendota
- Bloomington Crisis Nursery Center for Youth and Family Solutions
- Guardian Angel Outreach-Streator
- Starved Rock Center for Therapy and Child Development – Ottawa
- Tri-County Opportunities Council Head Start and Early Head Start
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La Salle County WIC
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Marshall and Putnam County WIC
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Youth Service Bureau