Delivering Change: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies, in partnership with the Kansas Infant Death and SIDS ( KIDS ) Network, will host the 4th Luke’s Community Baby Shower on Saturday, November 12th, at Junction City High School, located at 900 N. Eisenhower.
The baby shower will begin at 10:00 am.
All Geary County expecting mothers are invited to attend this free event.
The baby shower — named for local SIDS baby Luke Nelson — is an opportunity to educate pregnant women and their support systems on safe sleep and other community resources available to them in Geary County. This community baby shower will provide based upon availability, a free Graco Pack ‘n’ Play portable playard, and other free items to pregnant women who complete the safe sleep training at the baby shower. There will also be a number of door prizes including car seats and breast pumps.
Free child care will be available.
Sponsors for the event include: The Junction City Daily Union, Eagle Communications, Kyrsten Ross with Remax Signature Properties, FroYo Junction and Kolhoff Pharmacy.
The local resources featured at the baby shower are: Geary County Breastfeeding Coalition, Geary County WIC, Parents as Teachers, Geary Community Hospital, Flint Hills OB/GYN, Fort Riley New Parent Support Program, Infant & Toddler Services, Kansas Children’s Service League, Geary County Health Department, Becoming a Mom, Geared Up Dads, United Health Care, Safe Sleep, Pawnee Mental Health Services and Konza Prairie Community Health Center.
Delivering Change is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number #H49MC27818 and title Healthy Start Initiative–Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities for total proposed award amount of $3,532,933.
Delivering Change: Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies is a local collaborative established in 2011 to address health issues faced by infants and the women of child-bearing age in order to reduce infant mortality and morbidity in Geary County.