Little Giraffe Foundation Names 2023 NICU Support Grant Recipients
CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Little Giraffe Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding neonatal research and supporting families and premature babies in the NICU, announced the 15 recipients of the foundation's 2023 NICU Support Grants. Since 2011, the Little Giraffe Foundation has delivered hospital bags to more than 26,000 families, provided $139,000 toward 148 separate NICU support grants, and provided more than $300,000 in medical grants to 34 different research initiatives. From direct family contact through the gift bags to the upleveling of research and care the support and medical grants provide—every dollar that goes to the Little Giraffe Foundation goes to ensuring the immediate and future care of NICU patients.
- CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Little Giraffe Foundation , a registered 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to funding neonatal research and supporting families and premature babies in the NICU, announced the 15 recipients of the foundation's 2023 NICU Support Grants.
- Since 2011, the Little Giraffe Foundation has delivered hospital bags to more than 26,000 families, provided $139,000 toward 148 separate NICU support grants, and provided more than $300,000 in medical grants to 34 different research initiatives.
- Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, we've been able to allocate 15 grants towards vital NICU programs," said Amanda Santoro, the co-founder and president of the Little Giraffe Foundation.
- This year's Little Giraffe Foundation's NICU Support Grant recipients are as follows:
UPMC Carlisle, Carlisle, Pennsylvania — to receive $1,000 for food for mothers of breast-feeding infants, food for the immediate families of NICU infants, gas vouchers for rural families, and direct transportation vouchers for those who live in Carlisle.