Diapers in Phoenix!

We have volunteers located in Arizona that made donations to 5 hospitals this month!  Many thanks to  Jacki, Stephanie, their friends and families, and the Young Women of the Cooley Park Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  Together these volunteers donated 262 diapers for angel families in their community, with many more currently under construction for additional Arizona hospitals.

Some of these precious diapers were donated in memory of Ruby Huggans.

Others were made in memory of all angel babies gone too soon.

Jacki and family making deliveries!

For the angel babies of Arizona.

These diapers have been donated to:

Northwest Medical Center in Tucson

Banner Baywood in Mesa

Maryvale Hospital in Phoenix

Phoenix Children's Hospital of Phoenix

Threads of Love, Sun Lakes --  Serving Chandler Regional in Chandler

For Love of Cassidy, Part #2

"Because a hospital's a hospital, no matter how small." Carrie, Cassidy's mommy.

We wrote about angel mama Carrie when she made her first delivery to a small Utah hospital. She has since provided diapers to ten additional rural Utah hospitals.

"I have a sweet place in my heart for small towns, because I lived, until I was 9, in Paragoonah, UT population 500. I now live in a pretty small town, and when I found out they only have 6 angel babies a year in my local hospital, I wanted to find somewhere else to send diapers after getting them taken care of. The list of hospitals already being served didn't have too many small hospitals, so I of course wanted to take all of the ones that didn't have adoptees! We've now gotten packages of between 2-5 sets, to 10 small hospitals in UT. The remaining one on my list is my (other) hometown, so if anyone lives in Cedar City, maybe you could take a diaper in person and hopefully get approval :)

My mom donated gender neutral material, because I realized that we wouldn't want a baby boy dressed in pink- if they only have 1 angel baby per year.

We then had a little long distance party, with my sister Kathy and cousin Heather cutting, while my mom sewed.

After my first diaper party a few months ago, I realized that I can't even thread the machine without help, so I have been cutting out diapers and sending them to friends/family to sew. I now have my own Diaper Diva, Aracely (Anna to me) who is always willing to sew for me! I sent some gender neutral cut outs to her, and with all of these helpers, we were able to get the orders filled.

We also got to deliver some in person! After meeting at my aunt's house, which is in the middle of the state, we dropped them off on the way home. I've loved thinking of parents, who are far away from official support groups, getting some special handcrafted gifts for their precious babies.

I was asked to start some sort of support group by our nurse at the hospital, so I've started a Facebook group called, "Small Angel Babies, Small Town Support." We're making care packages, sharing thoughts and ideas, and setting up diaper parties-- of course! Thanks, Teeny Tears for inspiring me in so many ways."
These 60 diapers made for angel families at 8 rural Utah hospitals have been made in loving memory of Cassidy Jane Austin.

They have been donated to:
Bear River Valley hospital in Tremonton
Beaver Valley hospital in Beaver
Brigham City Community Hospital in Brigham City
Delta Community Medical Center in Delta
Fillmore Community Medical Center in Fillmore
Garfield Memorial Hospital in Garfield
Heber Valley Medical Center in Heber
Kane County Hospital in Kanab

Do You Shop Online??

Do you make any purchases online?  Chances are that your favorite stores are members of iGive.com and they will donate a portion of your online purchase to your favorite diapering cause, Teeny Tears!

Thousands of stores are giving back to their communities by participating in iGive.com:

Carter's donates 1.2%
Hancock Fabrics donates 1.6%
Joann.com donates 3.2% (including gift cards!)
Old Navy donates 1.6% (including gift cards!)
Amazon donates .8% of your purchase**

And so. many. more!

**Amazon is a little weird in that you need to route through www.igive.com/Amazon for it to track and donate.  Most other participating stores track automatically with your installed button.

Does this cost me anything?
NO!  Registration is FREE.  There are no fees at any time for your participation.  No cost to you, nice donations for Teeny Tears!

How does it work?  Do I have to know which stores are participating?
You do not have to know which stores are participating.  When you register for iGive.com and choose "Teeny Tears" as your cause, you will download the icon to your toolbar.  Whenever you purchase through a participating store, the purchases and donations will be automatically calculated!  There is nothing for you to do except shop as normal!  (And you have to keep the button installed for at least 90 days or it will reverse the bonus!)

How much will this benefit Teeny Tears directly?
When you sign up for iGive.com and choose Teeny Tears as your cause, iGive.com will give a $5 bonus to Teeny Tears just because you registered!  If you make an online purchase within 45 days of signing up, Teeny Tears will receive ANOTHER $5 bonus!  Beyond that, any purchases you make through participating stores will donate a small portion of your order directly to Teeny Tears.

What if I never shop online?  Would this still help?  What can $5 do for Teeny Tears?
$5 for Teeny Tears will purchase enough flannel, safety pins, and thread to soften the road of approximately TEN grieving families.  We are passionate about providing modesty and dignity to the worlds tiniest angels.  We shop sales and rely upon the generosity of others.  We appreciate every scrap of fabric that is dropped on our doorsteps, each stack of diapers that arrives in the mail, and every dime that is contributed for shipping expenses and diaper-crafting materials.  $5 would indeed be a meaningful contribution to our project.

Register for iGive today!  Click here!

The Pink Thimble -- Angel Babies and NILMDTS

We received a beautiful donation of pure white flannel from The Pink Thimble!

The Pink Thimble specializes in fun fabrics by the yard as well as unique, affordable decorative pillows and pillow covers.  Find their shop online and don't forget to "like" them on Facebook!

We were able to transform their sweet fabric into 80 diapers for angel families in Salt Lake City, Utah.  These diapers were donated to Heidi V., creator of Angel Babies and dedicated volunteer photographer with NILMDTS.

There are far too few NILMDTS photographers to serve the families of Salt Lake County.  If you are interested in being trained as a volunteer photographer for these special sessions, please contact angelbabiesinfo@gmail.com for more information!

These diapers have been made with love by Diaper Divas Vanessa and Megan B., in memory of Elizabeth Jane, Heidi's precious daughter.

  Teeny little diapers and "large diapers".

Thank you, Pink Thimble, for your fabric!  And thank you, Heidi, for tirelessly serving the angel families in your community.

For Love of Carter, From Gramma

This picture of dedicated diaper activist and angel Gramma Carol on vacation makes me smile every time I look at it.  She sews in memory of her grandson, Carter, and shares her story.
"We make diapers for Teeny Tears. We started after the loss of our grandson Carter. I have loved sewing little things for babies for many years. I love quilting. We first heard about Teeny Tears when looking for "preemie" clothes, when we knew Jana's boys would most likely be early. The word "bereavement" popped up in my search, along with these patterns for tiny diapers. I immediately closed the page and said, well that's NOT what I am looking for!!

God had other plans for my Grandsons. They would, indeed be born early, at 25 weeks and Carter passed away. His identical twin brother Cohen spent 4 months in the University of Washington NICU. He is now home and giving us all a run for our money! We want to remember Carter's life and the Teeny Tears diapers were a wonderful way to do that, and sew for others who were bearing the incredible pain of losing a child. Carter has changed our lives in many ways and we want to remember how much he means to our family, what a fighter he was, and how incredibly much we love him and miss him. Working on these diapers is very healing. I am constantly AMAZED by the Moms who have suffered such loss, now give their time, money and family resources to make these diapers for other families.

When I saw "Citrus Valley Medical Center 60 diapers" on the waiting list, I was thinking I could do that by myself and do it in memory of Carter. I just really wanted to do it, not sure why. So I started in. Of COURSE I was not doing ANY of this by myself!! When I say WE started doing diapers, it really is WE. Jana is our commander, we have MANY faithful friends who cut, flip, sew, iron, ribbon and pin! ALL of our family has been involved and I am amazed at how far reaching it is. So THANK YOU ALL who help us make these diapers for these precious angels. It really is a sacred thing when you hear someone got one of the diapers or blankets. You are glad they did, but SO sad and burdened that they did.

Cohen helping with the diapers in memory of his twin brother, Carter.

I left a diaper for Carter at Heavens Gate, ID. Elevation 8429 feet! It was as close as I can get for now, little Buddy!

Grampa flipping diapers.
Thank you to all the NWWDD (North West Washington Diaper Dreamers)! This has been such a part of the healing for this Gramma. The grief is so hard to bear at times. I want it all better for my daughter and I want Carter here. It's a hard place to be. But the friends we have made thru Carters life and loss have been such a blessing." 

These 60 diapers have been donated to Citrus Valley Medical Center in West Covina, California in memory of Carter Garen Kimmel.

You can follow the many creative adventures of Carol on her blog!

For Love of Blake and Shane Part #7

Angel mama Holly and her family recently sent a donation of 52 diapers for the angel families at Arnot Ogden Medical Center, of Elmira, New York.  These diapers have been donated in memory of Blake and Shane Mendelsohn.

With help from big brothers Jake (left) and Luke!  Jake did some sewing and pinned the finished diapers.  Luke helped count and package up all of the diapers.  They worked on these diapers on October 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Day, pausing during their labors to light a candle for the boys.  

For Love of Mara

When Mara's mommy contacted me to see if we had any participating hospitals in her area, it was such a blessing for the angel families in her community.  As it turns out, we had a high-risk and high-bereavement-need hospital on our waiting list that was just 10 minutes down the road from their family.

Her water broke just shy of 21 weeks and Mara Grace was born silently to this world in on May 30th of this year, 2012.  No medical reasons were found, no answers given.  Her grieving family just passed the tender day of what would have been her due date on October 5th.  To honor her sweet memory, Mara's family donated 100 diapers to the angel families of Advocate Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois.

"I think I would most like to say thank you to Teeny Tears for giving me something to do in my daughter's memory.  The hours I have spent cutting, sewing and preparing these diapers has been one of the most therapeutic things for me in my grieving process.  I really believe sewing these diapers helped me grieve and comforted me at the same time. While I hate to think of anyone else going through what we did, I hope that having a homemade diaper for their precious bundle helps in some small way.

My hobby is sewing for my children (I have three living children) and this project has allowed me to continue making things in Mara's memory so I do not feel she is being left out.  It has been a saving grace." ~Katrina, Mara's Mommy

Who Is Using Teeny Tears Diapers?

Below you will find a list of bereavement support organizations as well as a list of hospitals by state that are already using Teeny Tears diapers!  These are facilities that have already received at least a one-year supply of diapers; this list does NOT include those that are on our waiting list or whose requests are otherwise currently "in process".  To find out if your hospital has already approved a donation of Teeny Tears diapers for their facility, please email teenytears@gmail.com.  Our participation list grows and changes daily.

Also, many facilities on this list have been very recently fully stocked with diapers.  Before making a delivery of Teeny Tears diapers to a hospital on this list, please email our headquarters to find out how many diapers the hospital might need and approximately when they may be interested in receiving more.  Storage space at hospitals can be minimal and we want to make sure we don't overwhelm them.

If you would like to get your hospital involved in our project, please email teenytears@gmail.com and ask for our "tips for contacting hospitals" document that will walk you step by step through the process of getting approval from your hospital and obtaining all of the information you will need in order to make your delivery!

Please keep us posted on your deliveries and intended deliveries, even if they are going to a hospital that has already received them!  The information is critical for our coordination and distribution efforts!

If you are a hospital or bereavement support organization in need of diapers, please click here.

HOSPITALS BY COUNTRY AND STATE UNITED STATES Alabama Baptist Medical East of Montgomery Flowers Hospital in Dothan Mobile Infirmary in Mobile Springhill Medical Center in Mobile Southeastern Alabama Medical Ctr. in Dothan Women's Resource Center in Saraland Alaska Alaska Regional in Anchorage Alaska Native Medical Center of Anchorage Banner Good Samaritan in Phoenix Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau Fairbanks Memorial in Fairbanks Kanakanak Hospital in Dillingham Mat-Su Regional Med. Ctr. in Palmer Norton Sound Regional in Nome Petersburg Medical Center in Petersburg Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage Sitka Community Hospital in Sitka South Peninsula Hospital in Homer Arizona Arrowhead Hospital of Glendale Banner Baywood in Mesa Carondelet St. Joseph's Hospital in Tucson Chandler Regional in Chandler Maryvale Hospital in Phoenix Northwest Medical Center in Tucson Phoenix Children's Hospital of Phoenix Scottsdale Healthcare Med Ctr. in Osborn St. Joseph's in Phoenix Arkansas UAMS of Little Rock Baptist Hospital in Little Rock Baptist East in Little Rock Conway Regional in Conway Cornerstone Clinic for Women in Little Rock Crittenden Regional Hospital in West Memphis Helena Regional Medical Center in Helena Mercy Hospital in Fort Smith Saline Memorial Hospital in Benton Sparks Regional Hospital in Forth Smith St. Bernard's Birthcare Center in Jonesboro California Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster Citrus Valley Medical Ctr. of West Covina Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno Good Samaritan Hospital of San Jose Kaiser Permanente Orange County in Irvine Loma Linda Children's of Loma Linda Long Beach Memorial Med Ctr. of Long Beach Los Robles Reg. Med. Ctr. in Thousand Oaks Mayers Memorial Hospital Distr. in Fall Rivers Mercy Medical Center of Redding Miller Children's hospital of Long Beach Santa Clara Valley Med Ctr of San Jose Sharp Chula Vista in Chula Vista Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital in Grass Valley St. Joseph Hospital in Eureka Sutter Health Memorial Medical Ctr in Modesto Colorado St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction St. Francis Medical Center in Colorado Springs Connecticut Connecticut Children's Med Ctr. in Hartford Lawrence and Memorial in New London St. Francis Hospital and Med Ctr. in Hartford Delaware Beebe Medical Center in Lewes Kent General Hospital of Dover Milford Memorial of Milford Nanticoke Memorial in Seaford Nemours/A.I. Dupont in Wilmington  Florida Bay Medical Center in Panama City Canaveral Hospital in Cape Canaveral Florida Hospital Tampa in Tampa Holmes Regional Medical Ctr. in Melbourne Indian River Hospital in Vero Beach Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton Parish Medical Center in Titusville St. Vincent's of Jacksonville Wuesthoff Medical Center in Melbourne Wuesthoff Medical Center in Rockledge Georgia Atlanta Medical Center of Atlanta Georgia Health Science University in Augusta Houston Medical of Warner Robins Kennestone Hospital of Marietta Hawaii Castle Medical Center in Kailua Hilo Medical Center in Hilo Kauai Veteran's Memorial in Waimea North Hawaii Community in Kamuela Tripler Army Medical Ctr in Honolulu Wahiawa General in Wahiawa Wilcox Memorial in Lihue Idaho Bingham Memorial Hospital in Blackfoot Cassia Regional Med Ctr of Burley Madison Memorial in Rexburg Mountain View in Idaho Falls St. Luke's of Boise Franklin County Medical Center in Preston Illinois Adventist Hinsdale Hospital of Hinsdale Advocate Bromenn of Bloomington Advocate Christ Hospital of Oak Lawn Advocate Good Samaritan in Downers Grove Advocate Good Shepherd of Barrington Children's Hospital of IL in Peoria Edward Hospital in Naperville Evanston NorthShore of Evanston Loving Arms Crisis Pregnancy Ctr in Taylorville Memorial Hospital in Belleville Morris Hospital and Healthcare Centers in Morris Northwest Community in Arlington Heights Presence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Joliet Silvercross Hospital in New Lenox St. John's of Springfield St. Joseph's Hospital in Aviston Trinity Birthplace Vista Medical Center East of Waukegan Indiana Bloomington Hospital in Bloomington Dekalb Family Birth Place in Auburn Indiana University in Indianapolis Morgan County Hospital in Martinsville Riley Children's Hospital NICU St. Elizabeth in Lafayette St. Francis Hospital in Mooresville Iowa Alegent Health Creighton Mercy in Council Bluffs Blank Children's Hospital in Des Moines Irwin Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines Methodist Hospital in Des Moines Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines Methodist West in Des Moines University of Iowa Hospitals/Clinics in Iowa City Kansas University of Kansas in Kansas City Shawnee Mission Med. Ctr. of Shawnee Mission Stormont Vail in Topeka Via Christi Hospital Pittsburg of Pittsburg Kentucky Baptist Hospital East in Louisville Central Baptist Hospital in Lexington Springview Hospital of Lebanon Louisiana Lakeview Regional Medical Center in Covington Ochsner Medical Center in Jefferson Saint Tammany Parish Hospital in Covington Touro Infirmary in New Orleans Maine Goodall Hospital in Sanford Maine Medical Center in Kennebunk Maryland Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis Baltimore Washington Med Ctr in Glen Burnie Carroll Hospital in Westminster Garrett County Memorial in Oakland Johns Hopkins Bayview of Baltimore Howard County General in Columbia Mount Sinai in Baltimore Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air Western Maryland Reg. Med. Ctr in Cumberland Massachusetts  Anna Jacques Hospital in Newburyport Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield Baystate Springfield Medical Center in Springfield Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton Holyoke Medical Center in Holyoke MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Salem Tobey Hospital in Wareham Michigan Allegiance Health in Jackson Genesys Regional of Grand Blanc Henry Ford Bloomfield Hospital of Bloomfield Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital in Wyandotte Hurley Medical Center in Flint Providence Park Hospital in South Lyon Sturgis Hospital in Sturgis William Beaumont Children's in Royal Oak Minnesota Mississippi Magee General Hospital in Magee Missouri DePaul Health Center in DePaul Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Citizens Memorial Hospital in Bolivar, Missouri Missouri Baptist in Sullivan Ozark Medical Center in West Plains Montana Billings Clinic Hospital in Billings Bozeman Deaconess in Bozeman Community Medical Center in Missoula Providence St. Joseph's in Polson St. Peter's Hospital of Helena St. Vincent's Hospital in Billings Nebraska Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Health in Osceola Antelope Memorial Hospital in Neligh Boone County Health Center in Albion Community Memorial Hospital in Syracuse Cozad Community Hospital in Cozad Freemont Area Medical Center in Freemont Great Plains Medical Center in North Platte Henderson Health Care Services in Henderson IHS Winnebago in Winnebago Johnson County Hospital in Tecumseh Ogallala Community Hospital in Ogallala Osmond General Hospital in Osmond Perkins County Health Services in Grant Sidney Regional Medical Center in Sidney St. Mary's Community Hospital in Nebraska City Regional West Medical Center in Scottsbluff Nevada Banner Churchill Hospital in Fallon Centennial Hills Medical Center in Las Vegas Mesa View Regional Medical Center in Mesquite Mike O'Callaghan Fed. Med Ctr on Nellis AFB Nye Regional Medical Center in Tonopah Reknown Regional Medical Center in Reno Southern Hills Hosp. and Med. Ctr in Las Vegas Summerlin Hospital in In Las Vegas Valley Hospital in Las Vegas William Bee Ririe Hospital in Ely New Hampshire Catholic Medical Center in Manchester Elliott Hospital in Manchester Littleton Regional Healthcare in Littleton LRGHealthcare in Laconia New Jersey Monmouth Medical Center in Longbranch Riverview Medical Center of Red Bank Somerset Medical Center in Somerville St. Clare's of Denville University of Princeton in Plainsboro New Mexico Lovelace Women's Hospital in Albuquerque New York Brookdale Hospital of Brooklyn Glens Falls Hospital of Glens Falls Massena Memorial of Massena Mount Sinai of NYC New York Presbyterian Univ. Hospital of NYC Rochester General Hospital in Rochester Stony Brook Hospital of Stony Brook Vassar Brothers of Poughkeepsie Unity Hospital in Rochester Wilson Hospital of Johnson City North Carolina Children's Hospital of NC in Chapel Hill Forsyth Hospital of Winston-Salem Frye Medical Center of Hickory Halifax Regional of Roanoke Rapids Moore Regional of Pinehurst, NC Randolph Hospital of Asheboro Vidant Medical Center of Greenville Wake Forest Lexington Med Ctr in Lexington Wilson Medical Center of Wilson Women's Hospital of Greensboro North Dakota Essentia Health of Fargo Ohio Adena Health System in Chillicothe Akron Children's Hospital in Akron Atrium Medical Center in Middletown Clinton Memorial in Wilmington Kettering Medical Center in Kettering Knox Community Hospital of Mount Vernon Miami Valley of Dayton Oklahoma Children's Hospital at St. Francis in Tulsa Integris SW Medical Center of Oklahoma City Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City Mercy Memorial Medical Center in Ardmore Moore Medical Center of Moore Oregon Ashland Community Hospital Charles Medical Center in Bend Girod Birth Center in Lebanon OHSU Doernbecher's Children's of Portland Providence Medford Medical Center in Medford Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford Three Rivers Medical Center in Grants Pass Pennsylvania Hazleton General Hospital in Hazleton Heritage Sewickley in Sewickley Magee Women's of UPMC in Pittsburgh Penn State Hershey Medical Center in Hershey Rhode Island Landmark Medical Center in Woonsocket Rhode Island Memorial Hospital in Pawtucket Westerly Hospital in Westerly South Carolina Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside Oconee Medical Center in Seneca Mercy Memorial Medical Center in Ardmore Greenville Memorial of Greenville South Dakota Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City Tennessee Baptist Hospital of Nashville Baptist Memorial Hospital in Covington East Tennesee Children's Erlanger Hospital of Chattanooga University of Tennessee Med. Ctr. in Knoxville Texas Baylor Fort Worth Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos Christus Spohn of Corpus Christi Harris Methodist West in Fort Worth John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth Knapp Medical Center of Weslaco Methodist Hospital Child & Heart in San Antonio McAllen Medical Center of McAllen Providence Hospital of Waco Scott and White Memorial of Temple South Texas Health System in Edinburg Starr County Memorial in Rio Grande City Rio Grande Regional of McAllen The Methodist Hospital in Houston UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas Valley Baptist of Harlingen Valley Regional of Brownsville Wadley Regional Medical Center of Texarkana Utah Alta View Hospital in Sandy American Fork Hospital Ashley Valley Regional Medical Center in Vernal Bear River Valley hospital in Tremonton Beaver Valley hospital in Beaver Brigham City Community in Brigham City Central Valley Medical Center in Nephi Delta Community Medical Center in Delta Dixie Regional Medical Center of St. George Fillmore Community Medical Center in Fillmore Garfield Memorial Hospital in Garfield Gunnison Valley of Gunnison Heber Valley Medical Center in Heber IMC of Murray Jordan Valley of West Jordan Kane County Hospital in Kanab Lakeview Hospital in Bountiful Logan Regional Hospital LDS Hospital of SLC McKay Dee of Ogden Moab Regional of Moab Mountain View Hospital of Payson Ogden Regional in Ogden Orem Community of Orem Pioneer Valley of West Valley Riverton Hospital of Riverton San Pete Valley in Mount Pleasant St. Mark's of SLC Timpanogos Hospital of Orem Tooele Hospital of Tooele Uintah Basin Medical Center in Roosevelt University of Utah in SLC Utah Valley Regional Medical Center Vermont North Country Hospital in Newport Virginia Riverside Shore Memorial in Nassawadox Sentara Leigh in Norfolk Virginia Baptist of Lynchburg Washington Allenmore Hospital in Tacoma Central Washington Hospital of Wenatchee Centralia Hospital in Centralia Deaconess Medical Center of Spokane Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup Good Samaritan in Gig Harbor Good Samaritan in Tacoma Holy Family of Spokane Island Hospital of Anacortes Kadlec Hospital of Richland, WA Kennewick Hospital of Kennewick Mid Valley Hospital in Omak Mount Carmel Hospital in Colville Overlake Hospital in Bellevue Providence St. Mary of Walla Walla Pullman Regional Hospital in Pullman Sacred Heart of Spokane Skagit Valley Hospital of Mount Vernon St. Joseph's of Bellingham Swedish Hospital in Seattle Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma University of Washington in Seattle Valley Hospital of Spokane Walla Walla General Hospital of Walla Walla West Virginia Raleigh General Hospital in Beckley Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown Wisconsin Langlade Hospital Birthing Center in Antigo Mayo Health Clinic in Eau Claire Mayo Health Clinic in Red Cedar Memorial Health Center in Medford St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Marshfield St. Joseph's Hospital in Milwaukee Wyoming Campbell County Memorial Hospital in Gillette CANADA B.C. Women's Hospital of Vancouver, B.C. Calgary Foothills of Calgary, Alberta Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge, Alberta Lois Hole Women's of Edmonton, Alberta Oakville Trafalgar Hospital in Toronto, Ontario Regina General of Regina, Saskatchewan Moose Jaw Union of Moose Jaw, Sask. Sturgeon Medical Center in St. Albert, Alberta GUATEMALA Roosevelt Hospital

Bereavement Support Organizations A Little Thunder Aiden's Project Angel Babies Angel Babies Keepsakes and Graphics Angels in Heaven Ashlen's Angel Pens Avi's Embrace Beloved Stars Calypso's Ocean Comforting Hearts Drake's Doodlebugs Eli's Hope Erin's Mercy Evan's Embrace Forever My Sweet Pea Jonathan's Joys Kaitlin's Angels Laken's Bears Lily's Amazing Grace Little Baby and Co Mason's Monarchs Matthew's Mission Mattie's Memory Mikayla's Grace MJ's Memories Mollianna's Mission Nevaeh's Rainbow Project Newborns In Need Springfield, MO NILMDTS of Bothell, WA NILMDTS of Carmichael, CA NILMDTS of Everson, WA NILMDTS of Kansas City, KS NILMDTS of McMinnville, OR NILMDTS of Seattle/Tacoma, WA NILMDTS of SLC, UT NILMDTS of Yacolt, WA On the Wings of a Butterfly Pishamitas con Amor Project C.A.N. Project Hope Project Sweet Peas Raindrop Memories Relief Share in Missouri Sawyer's Heart Sew Much To Share SHARE of Cache Valley, UT SHARE of Davis County, UT SHARE of LaCrosse, WI SHARE of Naperville, IL Share with Blair Tayler's Treasures The Haven Network The Hug Factory The Preemie Project Threads of Love in Dallas, TX Threads of Love in Forth Worth, TX Threads of Love in Houston, TX Threads of Love in Hurst, TX Threads of Love of Sun Lakes, AZ TTTS Foundation TTTS Support Team Upon Butterfly Wings (U.K.) You Are My Child

For Love of Tessa Part 2, 3, and 4

Angel mama Debra has been busy. She has been sewing and sewing and sewing diapers for angel babies in Illinois! She recently donated 400 diapers for the angel families of:

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Illinois
Vista Medical Center East in Waukegan, Illinois
Evanston Hospital of NorthShore in Evanston, Illinois

These beautiful gifts have been donated in memory of Tessa Mosher-Curry

Thank you, Debra, for the amazing work you do!

For Love of Jackson

Thanks to the generous donation of fabrics from The Quilted Castle, we were able to make a shipment of 200 diapers to the volunteer photographers of Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep (NILMDTS) in Kansas City, Kansas. These special volunteers and their associates across the country provide the gift of remembrance photography to parents suffering the loss of a baby.  These diapers were sewn in loving memory of Jackson Jay Lambert, who was born too soon at just under 21 weeks gestation on June 10, 2012.  You can read more about Jackson's story on the wonderful blog his mother keeps:  Jackson's Joy -- a mother's journey through grief and hope on the wings of her sweet angel.
"We never thought we would have to go through something like this with one of our children. This experience has brought us so much closer as a family. It has made me even more grateful for my other two children and all the many blessing we have been given. Jackson will always be a special part of our family. I really feel like he has made me a better person. This has changed my perspective of life so much! I am learning how to be more compassionate and loving towards others and their needs. This sweet little boy has taught me more about that than I have learned in a lifetime. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be his mom. This experience has changed me forever and I hope to continually strive to be better. I will always miss my little boy, but I am grateful to have an angel on the other side always looking out for me!"  Kim

Jackson's angel mama Kim came to our project after receiving Teeny Tears diapers from her NILMDTS photographer.  She knows exactly how important every personal memento is to a grieving family.

 "I love that there is a group willing to provide the hospitals with these adorable, handmade diapers for little angels. We received some of these little diapers for Jackson. It was our only opportunity to put a diaper on our baby boy. It meant so much to me to know that others had lovingly made diapers that fit him perfectly. And with so many different styles and colors to choose from, I felt like I was able to 'shop' for my baby boy which is something I didn't think I would have the opportunity to do. It was very comforting in our family's time of need to receive these special gifts. 

I knew of others that have gotten involved with this group, but I didn't know where to start. Last week I found out that my stake is going to do a Relief Society service project each month and the first one was this service for 'Teeny Tears'. I really feel like it was meant to be! I know this is a group I need to be a part of. I can't wait to help make more of these special diapers for other precious angel babies."   Kim

The Sandy Central Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has a group of volunteers that meets monthly to participate in various service projects.  They are known as the S.W.A.P Committee, aka "Sisters With A Purpose."  As we discovered from some of our attendees, Kim is one of their own;  the S.W.A.P committee spent a day making diapers to donate in Jackson's memory. We matched the completed collection with a NILMDTS request on our headquarters waiting list.

This is Vanessa!  She's my amazing partner at headquarters and we love attending diapering events.  This particular gathering was in Vanessa's community.

 And this is me, Megan B!

This is sweet Kim.  Trimming and turning (and blinking, whoops!)

"One of the hardest things about losing a baby is not being able to share many memories with your child. Every moment of those few short days with Jackson was precious. One thing I have come to realize is that you cannot have too many keepsakes!"  Kim

200 diapers for 100 families in crisis.

 For love of Jackson.

Thank you once again, Quilted Castle! (Don't forget to "like" them on Facebook!)

Fabric Cutting Tutorial

For Love of Tesslee

So many of our volunteers are angel parents themselves, often still the walking wounded.  As they participate in serving other families that will walk the same path, a miracle happens. They find their own sorrows lessened and their hearts begin to heal.

Angel mama Sara received a Teeny Tears diaper when her tiny daughter Tesslee came into the world still at 21 weeks on March 13, 2012.  Now she and her family are sewing diapers for other angel families.  Sara shared a recent experience on the blog she keeps about her journey.  Sara's post captures so poignantly all the WHYs behind Teeny Tears.

"Last week our family adopted the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore as our hospital to provide Teeny Tears diapers for the tiny babies lost there. I was sooo excited to be a part of something that means so much to me! Tesslee was given one of these precious little diapers to wear when she was born. When they brought her to me wearing a diaper, it meant the world that although not alive, she would still be clothed and her little bottom covered. She was cremated wearing her diaper, and we were given another that was identical to the one she wore so we could forever have a little keepsake. I know how much these diapers are treasured by the families that receive them!

Last weekend was General Conference, and I could think of nothing better than to busy our hands while we were listening to our church leaders. The kids loved this idea and were anxious to learn how to make little diapers for other angel babies like their Tesslee.

After tracing the diapers, we cut away as we listened to the speakers. I became teary-eyed as one of them quoted from the scriptures,

'For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked and ye clothed me: ...Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?... And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.' -Matthew 25:35-40

The thought of making these tiny diapers for my beautiful Savior and future angel families brings so much joy to my heart!

I love that my children are so willing and eager to serve these angel babies. They did such a wonderful job cutting so many of them out. Jefferson even mentioned he would like to do something along these lines for his eagle scout project.

At one point in the process, which took a couple days, I was having a really difficult evening. The pain of losing Tesslee and all those emotions that come with it began compounding all over again. I sat down at the sewing machine with tears streaming down my face, and began sewing the diapers together. Sometimes I feel so helpless, like I have no control over anything in my life, not my emotions, not my grief, not even being able to do anything to save my baby. I've felt such a loss of control. But as I sat there pushing the fabric through and feeling the power and hum of the sewing machine, I felt like it was the one and only thing I could control; it was my project, and I was making a difference. It was very healing! So I hope the families that receive these diapers can feel the love (and tears) that each one was made with. Being able to serve others this way has helped in my own healing process. I am so excited for the many more batches of diapers there are to come!"

72 diapers will be donated to Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore, Maryland in loving memory of Tesslee Summer Millward.  If you would like to learn more about Tesslee or to follow the journey of this wonderful family as they navigate their tender path, please visit their blog.

Snowy Owl Baby -- Calypso's Ocean

Snowy Owl Baby made a donation of beautiful designer fabrics for our angel babies!

From their stash, we were able to make 84 diapers in memory of Calypso Paikea Rhyder, the angel inspiration behind Calypso's Ocean.

Serving angel families since 2007, Calypso's Ocean is a two-part organization. One part is supplying an online memorial page for parents whose babies passed away while still in the Hospital or Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. A place for other people to read your child's name, see their photo, and take a moment of silence in their memory. The second part is donating bereavement items to NICU and OB wards in Central Indiana, Ohio, and Florida. Trying to help each newly bereaved parent know they are not alone and someone out there does care about their angel and about what they as the parents are going through.

You can read more about angel princess Calypso's life by clicking here.  Follow the journey of Calypso's journey on their website and "like" them on Facebook!

Snowy Owl Baby provided us with several flannels from the Free Spirit Collection by Valori Wells, including  Owl Friends -- Ocean...

Urban Flannel -- Friends/Multi...

Owl Friends -- Blossom..

Elephant March -- Green...

And lots more!  These diapers were made by Vanessa, Megan K. and Megan B., three of the SLC Diaper Divas.  We made boy diapers...

And girlie diapers...

For love of Calypso

We also sent along 16 more diapers to Calypso's Ocean that were donated by the Green Family!

Our diapers will be donated to angel families through Calypso's Ocean with blankets, hats, booties, memory boxes, teddy bears, and books.

Thank you, Snowy Owl Baby, for making this donation possible!  (Go give Snowy Owl Baby some Facebook lovin'!)