Franciscan Health Foundation board members host fundraising reception for Prenatal Assistance Program - WIMS AM 1420

Franciscan Health Foundation committee members raised much than $19,400 for the Prenatal Assistance Program successful Michigan City astatine a caller reception aimed astatine matching an anonymous $15,000 contribution.

“This combined acquisition and fundraising reception was wholly the thought of 2 of our unthinkable Foundation Board members who toured our Prenatal Assistance abstraction this summertime and were moved to rise consciousness of and funds for the program,” said Franciscan Health Foundation Director of Development Debbie Tatum. “We can’t convey them capable for hosting this astonishing event.”

Franciscan Health Foundation Board members Kelly Shikany and Jennifer Hogberg hosted the fundraising reception Oct. 13 astatine the Franciscan Health Michigan City bequest field astatine 301 W. Homer Street, which houses the Prenatal Assistance Program.

“I’m a lifelong nonmigratory (of Michigan City) and it’s truly important to maine that this assemblage is the champion it tin be,” Shikany said. “It’s astir doing the champion we tin for women and their children. When we person steadfast families, it impacts the full community.”

Hogberg became a subordinate of the Franciscan Health Foundation Board of Directors successful outpouring 2022 and soon thereafter toured the Michigan City Prenatal Assistance Program facility.

“It was truthful impactful,” Hogberg said. “Looking astatine the request is simply a existent operator and the radical present attraction truthful deeply.”

Franciscan Health Community Health Improvement Director Danielle Crowder said successful 2020, the babe mortality complaint successful LaPorte County was 11.7%, higher than some the authorities and nationalist averages.

Indiana besides ranks eighth successful the federation for babe mortality.

“I privation to guarantee that each azygous pistillate retired determination who is large oregon parenting has the supportive services that they request to not lone beryllium palmy successful their ain relation but to mitigate and trim immoderate risks that whitethorn beryllium generationally passed connected to their children,” Crowder said.

Franciscan Health Michigan City President and CEO Dean Mazzoni said the statistic contiguous a unsocial accidental to conscionable an urgent request and praised the enactment of the Prenatal Assistance Program staff, their assemblage partners and fiscal supporters for championing the cause.

“They’re helping mothers and infants get the attraction they request truthful we tin person steadfast moms, steadfast babies and steadfast pregnancies,” Mazzoni said.

The prenatal assistance programme began successful Crown Point successful 2002. In 2021, the programme expanded to Hammond and successful 2022, grew to see Rensselaer and Michigan City.

The unit successful Michigan City is multidisciplinary with lawsuit managers and assemblage paramedics who guarantee mothers person supportive interaction passim their gestation and post-partum 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Anyone funny successful donating to the Franciscan Health Foundation’s Prenatal Assistance Fund whitethorn bash truthful online astatine this link. More accusation astir the programme is disposable online astatine this link oregon by calling the Franciscan Health Foundation astatine (219) 661-3401.