{"id":3445,"date":"2018-12-11T13:35:34","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/southeastern-michigan\/?page_id=3445"},"modified":"2024-04-16T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T13:06:05","slug":"wee-help","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/southeastern-michigan\/philanthropic-programs\/wee-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Wee Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Wee Help:\u00a0<em>Provides layette kits and Safe Sleep Packages to mothers for their newborns.<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Layette Kits<\/strong> contain a new receiving blanket, clothing, diapers, bottle, pacifier, bib, washcloth, baby book and knitted hat. <strong>Safe Sleep Packages<\/strong> contain a portable crib\/bassinet, sheet and wearable blanket.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6733&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Since 1994, 15,492 newborns benefited.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>This year 1,258 babies received:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1,080 kits and\/or 178 Safe Sleep Packages<\/li>\n<li>18 different hospitals\/maternal programs were supported<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Due to a grant, and extra transferred funds, this program was able to distribute 25 top-of-the-line infant car seats, so that moms were ready to safely transport their new baby home from the hospital.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6734&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<p class=\"modbody\">Imagine being a new mom and not having the resources to provide your newborn with basic infant necessities. During these difficult economic times, this is a sad reality for many mothers. Helping meet the newborn&#8217;s immediate needs, Wee Help, a philanthropic program of Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan, provides infant layette kits to limited-income mothers as they leave the hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"modbody\">All brand-new items make up the Wee Help kit: a receiving blanket, 8 diapers, 2 sleepers, 2 &#8220;Onesies&#8221;, a bottle, pacifier, washcloth, bib, baby book, and a hat knitted by members and volunteers. Wee Help volunteers personally assemble and deliver hundreds of kits to over 20 hospitals, birthing facilities, and children&#8217;s care centers year-round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"modbody\">Both organizations and recipients are extremely appreciative. &#8220;I am eternally grateful. Your kindness is special and so are you. We love &#8216;Wee Help! wrote a new mother of twins. Upon taking delivery of more Wee Help layettes, Arlene MacEachran, Pediatric\/OB Social Worker at St. John Hospital (Detroit) Birthing Center, commented, &#8220;Sometimes mothers bring nothing but joy and their hope for a healthy baby, so when they receive the Wee Help kit, it just lights up their faces They are so touched, it brings tears to their eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"modbody\">Assistance League of Southeastern Michigan, a nonprofit, all-member volunteer organization since 1993, provides clothing, food, tutoring, educational support, supplies, and care kits to thousands of individuals in need throughout Michigan. Funds raised from the all-volunteer staffed Assistance League ReSale Connection, fundraisers, grantors, and contributors help support our philanthropic programs, helping thousands of people year-round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"modbody\">For more information, stop into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistanceleague.org\/southeastern-michigan\/thrift-shop\/resale-connection-shop\/\">ReSale Connection<\/a>, or call <strong>(248) 656-0414.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6735&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6736&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;6737&#8243; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Wee Help:\u00a0Provides layette kits and Safe Sleep Packages to mothers for their newborns. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Layette Kits contain a new receiving blanket, clothing, diapers, bottle, pacifier, bib, washcloth, baby book and knitted hat. 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