The beginning...
New Baby Bundles grew from a conversation among three grandmothers
serving dinner at a homeless shelter in Brockton.
Learning of the plight of homeless pregnant women, they
recalled the maternal joy of their own baby showers and the baby
showers for their grandchildren, often leaving the showers with
carloads of presents. The founding members who have a total of
29 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
also thought these homeless women should have the gift of a
mini-shower layette for their babies, and the idea of New Baby
Bundles was born.
According to founding president, Jean Tilden, whether babies are
going back to the shelter with their mothers, going into foster
care, or being adopted, they deserve to arrive with something more
than a hospital provided blanket.
New Baby Bundles provide more than physical
clothing.
They provide a sharing and a caring.
The pregnant women know that someone
knows and cares that they are about to give birth. The Bundles carry
that unconditional grandmotherly love and provides homeless mothers
a little dignity to arrive at the hospital with clothes and personal
care items for their babies.
Every new baby deserves a new beginning.
These grandmothers have been buying these items
and delivering baby bundles to five shelters, but the increased need
for the bundles requires more assistance.
The goal is to provide New Baby Bundles
for all newborns in homeless shelters in Massachusetts and
eventually expand to other East Coast locations.
