Parishes Fund Installation of Baby Boxes
By Ann Pierson
A new resource for surrendering a baby is available to those in the Des Moines Metro.
A Safe Haven Baby Box, a non-contact surrender option, has been added to the Norwalk and Windsor Heights Fire Department. Safe Haven Baby Box is a nonprofit organization that promotes Safe Haven laws, or the legal right to surrender a child with “no shame, no blame, no names.” They also provide resources to parents in crisis and offer their baby box technologies.
These boxes make up two out of three boxes in the Metro area, with the third box located at MercyOne Des Moines Medical Center. St. John the Apostle in Norwalk and St. Augustin’s in Des Moines led fundraising for their community’s projects.
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