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Orlando, Fl. January 3, 2011 The Birth Place, a unique birthing center and midwifery practice, today announced the launch of the Orlando Birthing Project, a volunteer program dedicated to making a positive difference in women’s lives by supporting them through pregnancy and postpartum to improve birth outcomes in Central Florida. The Project will help The Birth Place offer at-risk women access to one-on-one support from experienced, caring women called SisterFriends.

The goal of The Birthing Project, which focuses on African American women, is to keep more babies alive by recruiting, training and supporting community volunteers (SisterFriends) to provide direction, emotional support and education to the mothers. This support continues for one year after the birth of their babies.

Thursday, Sep. 24, 2009
Amy C. Rippel

Special to the Sentinel

September 24, 2009

CLERMONT - They're crafted with love and made to fit the tiniest of heads. Hundreds of pint-sized hats from around the world are pouring into a prenatal-care clinic in an effort to bring attention to infant death.

And when all the work is done, the hope is to have a dramatic and moving exhibit — hundreds of hats piled high at the Central Florida Kidfest & Family Expo on Saturday in Clermont — with the goal of bringing attention to infant mortality.

The idea came to midwife Jennie Joseph weeks ago as she became aware of a startling statistic. In 2007, 1,689 babies in Florida died before reaching their first birthday. She said that shouldn't be happening with proper prenatal care. Yet it does.

DID YOU KNOW...

That in Florida in 2007 there were 1687 babies who did not make it to their first birthday?
That Infant Mortality is most often caused by babies being born too soon, too small or too sick to survive?

WE NEED YOUR HELP
Our Goal: 1687 baby hats, one for each child lost, by September 1, 2009

Please send your hat(s) to The Birth Place, 1130 E. Plant St. Winter Garden, Fl. 34787

KNIT or CROCHET your hat today!

ORLANDO ­Her reasons for being tremendously involved with two local benevolent organizations while trying to balance a career and mentor her 19 year­-old daughter are quite simple: intuition and common sense.

It was Fifth Third Bank Orlando Magic Maker Monica May's intuition that led her to become extensively involved with the programs Common Sense Childbirth Inc., and Consider Your Image, a non­-profit organization she founded herself. And it's common sense that drives her today.

"I know there is a simple way to life," explains May. "If there is an opportunity to help put together a road map for young people, I want to be a part of that."