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PwC Charity Relay
Earlier this year, on 27 February 2015, The PwC Foundation hosted a charity fundraising relay. The Little Miracles Trust were appreciative and very grateful to have been selected as one of the beneficiary charities, along with Wellington Free Ambulance and Ronald McDonald House. The fundraising relay was close to 100 kilometres, split into 14 legs…
Otaki School Cross Country Results
We recently had a lovely call from a parent of a baby born at 26 weeks who is now 8 years old and goes to Otaki School. Her daughter came second in her cross country school race, the winner of the race was six weeks premature and 4th place was 12 weeks premature. The overall…
Nine year old Gaure Sharma's fundraising efforts
Gaure Sharma is a little girl who was born prematurely at 34 weeks weighing just 800grams. After spending some time in the Wellington NICU unit, nine years later, Gaure is now a Year 5 student at Bellevue School in Newlands, Wellington. On 5 June, Gaure organised a “Toy Day” fundraiser to take place at her…
Thank you morning tea in Auckland
On Wednesday 13 May the Trust in Auckland held a "Volunteer's Morning Tea" in conjunction with the Auckland NICU. This was an opportunity to say "thank you" to all of our regular knitting/sewing donors who give up so much of their time to support the Auckland NICU. We hope you enjoyed yourselves and thank you…
May 15th, International Kangaroo Cuddles Day
May 15th is International Kangaroo Cuddle Awareness day On the celebration of this great practice, we decided to share some information. Kangaroo Cuddling was pioneered in Columbia in the 1970s by a pediatrician who was looking for a way to keep premature babies warm in an area that was too poor to have incubators. In…
Win with Mojo
Our long term supporters, the great team at Mojo, have kindly provided a prize pack for us to giveaway (Thanks Mojo!) In next months Neonatal Trust email newsletter you'll be able to enter into the draw to win a 'Mojo Prize Pack' containing: - 2 bags of Mojo coffee - a Mojo tin …
Christmas Parties
To celebrate Christmas 2014, the Trust in Dunedin, Christchurch and Wellington held wonderful Christmas parties to celebrate NICU graduates and to thank supporters of the Trust. Here are a few details of the events. Dunedin In Dunedin, a great party was had at the A& P Showgrounds on Sunday 14 December. There were bouncy castles,…
World Prematurity Day – Morning Teas
Thanks to the wonderful support of volunteers and businesses, we were able to provide morning tea to every NICU, SCBU and NU across New Zealand. Here is a link to an album we have created on Facebook. The link is public so even if you aren't on Facebook you should be able to see the…
Michael Fowler Centre lights up for World Prematurity Day
Some of New Zealand’s favourite iconic buildings are lending their support alongside international landmarks as part of a campaign celebrating World Prematurity Day on 17 November. The "Lighting Up Purple" campaign is designed to raise awareness of the 15 million babies born prematurely worldwide each year. In New Zealand, the number is over 5,000 each…
Thank you Pub Charity
The Little Miracles Trust were extremely fortunate to receive delivery of five new breastpumps, thanks to a grant received from Pub Charity. These breastpumps form part of our breastpump support service in Auckland and Wellington. Our breastpump support service is one of the many ways that The Little Miracles Trust supports families. This service has many benefits for…