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‘Unimaginable’: Miscarriages, newborn death led Nassau mom to help other grieving parents.
‘Unimaginable’: Miscarriages, newborn death led Nassau mom to help other grieving parents.
In 2019 Meredith “Mera” Maimone only lived nine days. Her mother Kim Maimone of Fernandina Beach has used her loss to start a nonprofit that brings other families’ comfort.
Formed in 2020, Mera’s Mission works with people who’ve suffered through miscarriages or suffered from the loss of children in infancy or early childhood. Kim Maimone and other volunteers run support groups, remembrance and awareness projects, and an annual Walk of Light remembrance walk.
In addition, Mera’s Mission raised funds to purchase three Caring Cradles and donated them to Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Baptist Medical Center Clay and UF Health Jacksonville.
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Sunny founded LovEvolve with a simple vision: to wrap all newborns in Love from day one and provide postpartum support to mothers/caregivers. The signature Love Swaddle® was created to serve as a visual cue of Love connected to the emotional experience of birth. When a mother/caregiver receives a Love Swaddle®, they are also given access to resources for a multitude of situations that occur during the fourth trimester. To date, we have wrapped over 55,000 newborns in Love!
Scott and Alison Duley lost their son, William James Duley, in 2010, only a week after he was born.
When I designed the Caring Cradle, I knew that nurses needed helped when babies were stillborn.⠀
Two families shared a loss that every parent can’t bear to think of: losing their children to stillbirth.
After the loss of their daughter Harper in 2018, the Kerlins have raised enough money to donate a Caring Cradle and a Caring Cradle Mini to Christ Hospital in Mt. Auburn.
After hosting a fundraiser among family and friends. Arlee and Jonathon Hultgren Sr. were able to donate a Caring Cradle a little over a year after the loss of their infant son Jonathon Michael Jr.,
In Clovis California, a woman is helping families at her local hospital by giving families more time to grieve the loss of their baby. With “Project Loreal” she was able to get a Caring Cradle donated to Clovis Community Hospital.
As you know, the Caring Cradle is a device that cools the body of a baby immediately following stillbirth. The facts are that the changes a baby’s body goes through may be difficult to view or manage.
Again and again, the legacy of these babies shows us what compassion-in-action looks like. Their families honor their memories by giving in advance to other families who are unaware that stillbirth will become part of their future.
Augusta County couple honors stillborn daughter by raising money to donate Caring Cradles to area hospitals