We’ve done something BIG...

They are officially called Giraffe Omnibed Carestations, and they are used for babies born at 29 weeks of age or younger. Giraffe Beds continually stabilize temperature while providing an easy workflow for care providers, noise and light monitoring, family-centered care, and excellent infection prevention. Infants will receive all their care in this bed for the first 72 hours of life or longer. The goal for the NICU is to use them with micro-preemies and critically-ill infants from the delivery room to their NICU room in order to prevent intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH - bleeding in the brain) and other complications. The bed acts like a mother’s womb to further stabilize the baby and promote growth and development.

They sound amazing, right? We agree! The trouble is that Blank only has nine of these beds and they want to eventually get 25 Giraffe Beds so they can better serve NICU patients. But the real kicker is that Giraffe Beds cost $36,000!

And that’s where we come in. Average Everyday Miracles committed to raising $36,000 to purchase a Giraffe Bed in honor of all the Blank NICU miracles in our lives and all the miracles yet to join our group - AND WE DID IT! 

Thanks for all of your help to meet this goal.