Project Sweet Peas

A big thank you to Color Swell for their crayon donation for NICU siblings!

Does anyone have "run the Falmouth Road Race for an amazing charity that supports families of premature or sick infants and to those who have been affected by pregnancy and infant loss" on their 2024 New Year's Resolutions list? Project Sweet Peas - Southern New England will have a Numbers for Non-Profits team at the 2024 Falmouth Road Race. If you're interested in running and fundraising, please fill out the Google doc below, and Sarah Spinello, the team captain, will contact you. https://lnkd.in/guvacGc2

Project Sweet Peas is partnering with Kristin Vanderlip to offer NICU and bereaved families virtual journaling workshops so that you can tap into the healing power of journaling. During this free, live, 40-minute Zoom workshop, Kristin will lead you through a series of reflective journaling prompts to help you process your NICU journey and help you find healing and hope through journaling. You'll be able to apply the framework from this session to your own journaling practice and tap into the healing benefits of writing. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gMEpfbSb — These workshops are open to parents no matter how much time has passed since your child’s time in the NICU or since their death. No prior writing or journaling experience required. Due to the sacred nature of these events, recordings are not available. To create a safe environment, mics will remain muted and you will not be asked to share anything you write.

As we close out 2023, we want to take the opportunity to thank you for your support this year. Together, we have accomplished so much and don't plan to slow down anytime soon! Thanks to your generosity, we were able to support over 25,000 NICU and bereaved families as of early December. With over 20,000 NICU packages delivered, which included holiday, milestone, and graduation kits, $42,000+ in funding provided directly to NICU families, 1,500+ memory boxes, and 21,000+ miscellaneous items donated, we are proud of the impact we created together in 2023. We will be sure to post final totals soon. Thank you for an incredible year. 💚 Please consider a year-end gift to give hope to families in 2024. 💚

Stryker hosted volunteer events for us over the past couple of months and put together over 4,000 NICA rack cards and thousands of milestone badge pins to give us a great head start into 2024! Thank you to this amazing team! #volunteersmakeadifference

Volunteers from the Women’s Association for Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey helped to assemble 30 holiday care packages for Sam’s NICU families. Thank you everyone for your efforts! @projectsweetpeasmorristownnj

Sending warm wishes to our Project Sweet Peas community! Merry Christmas to those celebrating today. As we cherish this festive season, our hearts are with the brave little fighters in the NICU and their loving families. Your strength inspires us every day. 

Project Sweet Peas sent Santa to visit babies and their families at the Women and Infants NICU in Providence, Rhode Island. https://lnkd.in/gs8Dnvk2

NICU Mom Melissa Cosgrove wrote, "Delivering a little hope and holiday cheer to the parents spending the holidays by their newborn's bedsides in the NICU. Thank you to everyone who donated books. Doing things like this helps to heal my NICU mama heart." We couldn't have said it better Melissa! Thank you and your little sweet pea for packing these special gifts for the families at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania! #projectsweetpeas

It's #GivingTuesday and we partnered with Willow to further our support of NICU families. For every Willow pump purchased today, Willow will make a donation to Project Sweet Peas to provide care packages and Willow Go breast pumps to families with a newborn in NICU care.