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Team Otis
Team Otis
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Many families experience the loss of their baby in Australia each year. It is an incredibly heartbreaking and traumatic time for parents - a time when they require loving support and care.
In March 2023 my wife and I gave birth to our beautiful boys Otis at 22 weeks. Our boy was born premature with a very rare heart condition known as Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) which affects roughly 0.02% of babies born each year in Australia. In what was such a horrible time for us both the Bears of Hope foundation gave Bec and Myself precious yet fleeting time with our beautiful boy using one of their Cuddle Cots. It’s hard to put into words how precious this time was and allowed us time after he passed to hold our boy and even have a photography come in to the hospital to take photos for lifelong memories.
I am attempting my first triathlon on the 17th March 2024 10 days before Otis’s first birthday to honour my boy and will be fundraising for a cuddle cot to be donated to an Australian hospital, funeral home or hospice to support bereaved families in those crucial days after the loss of their baby. A cuddle cot is a cooling system that lays beneath the baby within a bassinet. It enables families to keep their baby close and create beautiful memories, spending as much time as they wish with their baby, before saying goodbye. This reduces the worry or distress of separation to keep handing their baby back to staff.
I would love you to help me reach my goal of $6500, supporting this cause by making a donation of any amount, and please feel free to leave a message of support.
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Bears of Hope Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Incorporated
Bears Of Hope Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support is an Australian not-for-profit organisation, providing leading support and exceptional care for families who experience the loss of their baby.
We provide exclusive and invaluable support programs that include a credible foundation of parent led and psychologist facilitated support groups, private online peer to peer support communities, phone, face to face, online and email counselling and annual community events that remember individual baby’s and recognize their parents love. Bears Of Hope comfort, acknowledge, inform, empower, and guide families during their time of loss and beyond.
As a registered non-profit organisation we are dedicated to the care of others and reinvesting our finances and resources to ensure the mental health needs and wellbeing of parents are being met and embraced for as long as as required.
Fundraising Enquiries:
0400 475 012
online@bearsofhope.org.au
General Enquiries:
1300 11 BEAR or
contact@bearsofhope.org.au
Website
www.bearsofhope.org.au
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