Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is to promote Support, Education and Awareness for grieving parents nationwide (and worldwide).
Did You Know?
~ 983,000 babies died in 1996, from miscarriage and stillbirth.
~ In 1995, 15.7% of pregnancies ended in fetal demise, miscarriage or stillbirth.
~ Those figures don't include neonatal loss, SIDS, or other causes.*
*According to The Center for Disease Control Trends in Pregnancies and Pregnancy Rates by Outcome Vital Health Stat (21)56 done in January 2000
Ideas for October 15th
~ Light candles and display them in your windows.
~ Contact local Radio and News stations and have them announce that it is October 15th, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.
~ Drive with your headlights on. Also, ask that radio and news stations announce this as well.
~ Leave your porch lights on. Have radio and news stations announce this as well.
~ Release butterflies (Can be expensive, but is very beautiful, Use a search engine such as yahoo and type in butterfly release)
~ Release Doves (You can rent doves that are trained to fly back to the owner)
~ Sponsor a candle lighting ceremony in a park, church, or local hospital.
~ Send off a pink or blue balloon with your Angel’s name and/or picture. (Warning Please: If you do this, only send one balloon per child. This is very dangerous for birds and wildlife. The animals can eat the remnants of a balloon and die) (As beautiful and wonderful as it is, I can’t personally recommend it due to my love for animals)
Article Written by: Robyn BearQuotes
by: Clair BacaIdeas
by: Robyn Bear, Lisa Brown, and Tammy Novak
From: http://www.october15th.com/ideas-suggestions.htm
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