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the title, the text, and photos/videos/gifs, etc. to info@kangaroo.care
Organizations will be listed in this page, and parents here:
| Organization | What is happening | City |
State/ Province |
Country |
| Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital | We haven't finalized our plans yet. We are open to ideas! | Houston | TX | US |
| PreemieWorld, LLC | Springfield | VA | US | |
| Care National Hospital | I am representing our NICU unit at Care National Hospital Kingdom of Saudi Arabia |
Riyadh | US | |
| North Bristol NHS Trust | NICU Bristol UK | 90 Northover Road, Bristo, Bristol | GB | |
| Hand to Hold | Hand to Hold is encouraging our hospitals to take part in a Kangaroo-a-thon, where hospitals can rack up hours of kangaroo care from May 1-15. We're also spreading awareness of kangaroo care and Kangaroo Care Awareness Day through articles and blogs and social media. | Austin | TX | US |
| Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust | Wigan | UK | |
| Barnet Hospital | We are taking part in a two week kangarooathon. We are celebrating in the following ways: Biscuits/cakes Handouts/display table Simulation training Raffle for parents and staff |
London | GB | |
|
Nalgonda Special Newborn Care Unit SNCU |
We, sncu Nalgonda, practicing Kangaroo mother Care since 2013, since then we started discharging ELBW& Extremely preterm babies. My unit is located in backward district, Nalgonda in the state of Telangana, India. We could discharge baby of 650gm, 26wks, from our unit. KMC is the only way forward to save preterm & VLBW babies. |
Nalgonda | Telangana | IN |
| Focus on Renewal | Our Early Head Start home visiting program is featuring a KC page in our May newsletter and will be partnering with our library to sponsor an information session for the public, especially for pregnant and newborn families. | McKees Rocks | PA | US |
| Las Palmas Medical Center | We plan on having a kangaroo-a-thon in our NICU and giving mothers a framed photo of them holding their baby. | El Paso | TX | US |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin | Mercy Hospital Joplin will be participating! We will all be wearing kagaroo care logo buttons, decorated kangaroo care cupcakes, haning signs on patient's doors, filling out parent experience forms,posting facts about the benefits of kangaroo care aroung the NICU, and sharing our day on social media. | Joplin | MO | US |
| King Fahad Medical City | NICU King Fahad Medical City Riyadh,Saudi Arabia is continuously advocating Kangaroo Care by education of staff and parents in the unit. |
Riyadh | SA | |
| Mercy Children's Hospital | Mercy Children's Hospital | Toledo | OH | US |
| Lucile Packard Children's Hospital | We are hosting a Kangaroo Care Awareness Day celebration where we will be encouraging kangaroo care within our neonatal units. | Palo Alto | CA | US |
| Miami Valley Hospital | Miami Valley Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Dayton, Ohio 45409 |
Dayton | OH | US |
| utmck | Knoxville | TN | US | |
| Parents as Advocates Listeners & Support Group | We are a non-profit organization volunteer group. Parents of preemie babies that all have spent time in the NICU at Sparrow Hospital, wanting to give back to the community. We already did our KANGAROO-A-THON, which the moms did kangarooing for minutes at a time along with the nurses they were entered into a drawing. Which we were able to give prizes away everyday!!! Had 1 grand prize=most minutes or touch time. Please send me more info for next year!!! | Lansing | MI | US |
| Banner University Medical Center | I am an RN in a NICU at Banner UMC. I am also a developmental care specialist who encourages and promotes kangaroo care with in our unit. We hold kangaroo-a-thons quarterly to promote it with our unit. | Tucson | AZ | US |
| Sunderland Royal Hospital | 15th May | Sunderland | GB | |
| Children's Healthcare of Atlanta | Scottish Rite NICU at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta We are going to have an I Hop breakfast theme Staff members will wear Kangaroo Care shirts Making Kangaroo Chocolates for staff and caregivers Cupcakes for staff Kangaroo Care a Thon from May 1-15th Staff member who wins will get a gift card Caregiver who does the most Kangaroo will get a boppy and patient will get a onesie that says I love Kangaroo Care Stickers will be given out on May 15th to staff saying I love Kangaroo Care |
Atlanta | GA | US |
| Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies | Each year the Alexander Center for Neonatology celebrates Kangaroo Care Day by having a week long Kangaroo-a-thon. We encourage parents to hold their infants skin to skin and fill out a slip of paper each time they do that is signed by their baby's nurse and RT. The slips are then collected for a drawing for prizes. We have had great fun and success with this. | Orlando | FL | US |
| Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center | We begin May 1st with the Kangaroo Challenge which will run until May 15th. We will have a prize awarded to a randomly chosen parent. Our Certified Kangaroo Care Consultant will wear a kangaroo costume on May 15th to bring awareness throughout the Maternal/ Child division. Pictures, certificates, and a stuffed kangaroo will be given to the NICU parents who participate. | Reno | NV | US |
| Yuma Regional Medical Center | Yuma Regional Medical Center NICU is holding a Kangaroo-a-thon for two weeks to celebrate mother's day and International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day. There will be a winning family and nurse drawn at the end. | Yuma | AZ | US |
| Society for Applied Studies | I am working for Kangaroo Mother Care unit in India and I completed 1 year in this job. My experience is very good at this job. KMC is very effective for Low birth weight babies. It really help them to grow. Everything which I felt is It is really effective to save low birth weight babies and premature babies. | New Delhi | IN | |
| Nationwide Childrens Hospital | On the kangaroo /breast feeding committee in our nicu. NCH is entering family names during the month of May every time they do kangaroo care. At the end of the month a name is picked and a family will win a gift basket. we are planning some creative ideas for parents scrap booking page | cols | OH | US |
| Banner University Medical Center | At Banner University Medical Center in Tucson, AZ, we will be celebrating National Kangaroo Day by having a Kangaroo-a-thon in our NICU. Extra focus and education on Kangaroo Care will be provided May 10 -18. Parents enter into a prize drawing every time they Kangaroo during that period. The staff that helps them is also entered into a prize drawing. We support kangaroo care everyday, but the extra incentive during our quarterly kangaroo-a-thons helps to encourage those who are hesitant! | Tucson | AZ | US |
| Mercy Children's | Toledo | OH | us | |
| Brigid's Path | Brigid's Path is a newborn recovery center. Brigid's Path was founded with one idea in mind: to specialize in caring for newborns suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS). We are the 1st in Ohio and only the 2nd in the nation. We encourage kangaroo care with every patient all year round. We will use Kangaroo Care Day to help raise awareness in our facility and on all of our social media platforms. | Kettering | OH | US |
| Christchurch Women's Hospital Neonatal Service | This is our first kangaroo a thon, so we're feeling our way | Christchurch | NZ | |
| Halifax Health | We are having a Kangaroo-a-thon on May 15th in our NICU. The family with the most hours doing skin-to-skin at the end of the day wins! (but everyone participating wins a prize!) I am a NICU nurse and a developmental care specialist who will be wearing a kangaroo costume to add some fun! The wording "We Kangaroo....Do you?"... (will be across the chest of costume). We are also baking kangaroo cut-out cookies for all to enjoy. Lastly, Fun facts regarding Kangaroo Care will be distributed |
Daytona Beach | FL | US |
| NHS AYRSHIRE & ARRAN | Ayrshire | U3 | ||
| Barts Health NHS Trust | Information posters and stand, coffee morning for parents, session with psychotherapist exploring how parents feel about kangaroo care | London | GB | |
| UI Health NICU | Chicago | IL | US | |
| Arrowhead Regional Medical Center | Colton | CA | US | |