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* Help Wanted
* Donations
* West Side Clinic Update
* Farewell and Welcome
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* Special Thanks
* Community Baby Shower
* We're Official!
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* Thanks
to Share
* Volunteer Spotlight
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* Retired
& Senior Volunteer Programs
* Leaders of Tomorrow
* Web Site Updated
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* Shopping
Party
* Christoffers Quintuplets
* Perinatal Loss Conference
* Smocking Anyone?
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* Delivering
Baby Items
* Agency Spotlight
* Board Members
* Work Group Meetings
Delivering Baby Items
In 2001, Bundles of Love delivered 18,077 baby items (including 513 complete infant bundles and additional clothing, blankets, and baby care items) to the following:
- Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis
- Catholic Charities-Seton Services, Minneapolis
- Children’s Hospital, St. Paul
- Dakota County Public Health Office, Apple Valley
- Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville
- Family Learning Program, New Brighton
- Hand in Hand/ Adult Literacy Center, Rochester
- Hayden Heights Elementary, St. Paul
- Hennepin County Medical Center Labor & Delivery
- Hennepin County Medical Center Newborn ICU
- Home Crisis Nursery of Dakota County, Apple Valley
- Life Care Centers, West St. Paul & Apple Valley
- March of Dimes, Twin Cities Area
- Mayo Medical Center Dept of Social Svcs, Rochester
- New Life Family Services, Richfield, MN
- New Life Family Services, Rochester
- Olmsted Community Hospital, Rochester
- Person to Person, St. Louis Park/ Minneapolis
- Pilot Knob Health Center, Minneapolis
- Regions Hospital, St. Paul
- Rochester Justice Social Service Volunteer Program
- St. Bridgets Church “Baby Blanket”, Lindstrom
- St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester
- West Side Clinic, St. Paul
- Women’s Shelter, Rochester
- Sister Tierncy, Assisi Heights, Rochester for Colombian orphanage
- Kate Welp, Rochester, MN for orphanage in Equador
- Individual Families in Need
Agency Spotlight
The Rochester work group works closely with the New Life Family Services organization, a Christian, non-profit social service agency that provides support to those dealing with the many issues related to pregnancies.
They counsel men and women, providing material, emotional and spiritual support to multicultural families and individuals. For families in difficult financial situations, newborn “bundles” are provided, as well as good-quality used infant, toddler and maternity clothing from the New Life “Clothing Closet.”
Their staff includes qualified social workers who facilitate adoptions between prospective parents and birth mothers. Other services New Life provides include pregnancy testing, counseling for abortion alternatives and assistance in finding housing and household goods.
Recently we received a note from a new mom, who wrote:
“I would like to express my sincere appreciation for being a recipient of one of your heaven-sent bundles. Ben was born two months early and only weighed 3 lbs, 11 oz., so the outfits we received were greatly appreciated and well worn. Ben is six months old now and weighs almost 18 lbs. We have had no health problems with him at all! We know that we are truly blessed with Ben and thank the Lord for him daily.”
This note of gratitude reaffirms the importance of our work in both practical and emotional ways. New parents are always likely to be overwhelmed, and a premature delivery can be an especially scary ordeal. Our gifts can make a difference to parents who need extra doses of love and support!
Bundles of Love Board Members
Mary Jo Prinsen
President and Treasurer
Lakeville, MN
info@bundlesoflove.org
Joanne Larsen
Vice President and Rochester area coordinator
Rochester, MN
joanne@ed-ventures.com
Mary Rossman
Board Member and Rochester area co-coordinator
Rochester, MN
Ruth Volk
Board Member and South Metro area coordinator
Eagan, MN
Ruth.Volk@bundlesoflove.org
Teresa Wilts
Board member, North Metro area coordinator,
and West-Side clinic sewing instructor
Mounds View, MN
twilts@bundlesoflove.org
Work Group Meetings
To learn more about the Volunteer Work Groups in your area, please click on a link below:
