March of Dimes 2011!
This Neeley family will once again be walking in the March of Dimes "March for Babies" walk. At this point it is a little over a month away. I think my sister and her family, as well as my parents (for the first time ever) said they will be joining us on our walk. I LOVE IT! It is such a beautiful walk through Downtown Portland. The people are awesome, all the families that walk are amazing, the entertainment factor is a 10 and the food and music at the end of the walk is great.
Now that we are done having children, I can safely say that I will not have to make another trip into the NICU for any of my children. 2 out of 3 children was more than enough for this momma and let me tell you it does not get easier the second time around. I have said before, it was very surreal to have Brylee in the NICU after "living" there for 3 months when Brayden was born. I felt so blessed when Brock was born and we did not have to go through that experience again. It was a whole new world with him that brought us so much hope.
We have always goaled ourselves for raising $500 (with us donating $100 ourselves). The closest we have come is $450 about 2 years ago. We are once again going to goal $500, but that is the minimum I want to raise. I know money is tight for a lot of people, it has been extremely so for us recently, but this is so near and dear to us that I will not let that be an excuse. I am going to hit up people at work, neighbors, anyone I can think of. This money does so much good for so many people and babies. The March of Dimes is amazing! They recently have been working with Makena (a pharmaceutical company) that is been FDA approved to produce 17P (17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate), a drug that I took with both Brock and Brylee to help prevent labor. The company wants to charge 100 times more for the medicine than what I paid. There has been so much feedback from parents through March of Dimes that they wrote a letter to the President of the company to look at this information. They want the drug to still be affordable for people and they do not want women to miss out on something that could potentially help them carry a baby longer because of financial reasons. This link will give you more information about it if you are interested: "Unintended Consequences".
I could go on and on about my experiences, and don't mind doing so, but for your sake I will keep this post a little more brief. Please help us support the March of Dimes. Here is a link to our page: The Neeley Family, where you can read our story and make donations as one of our sponsors. We would greatly appreciate any and all help in reaching our goal.
I will be making many more posts on this subject as we count down to our walk. I will also be calling some of you!!!!
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!
Now that we are done having children, I can safely say that I will not have to make another trip into the NICU for any of my children. 2 out of 3 children was more than enough for this momma and let me tell you it does not get easier the second time around. I have said before, it was very surreal to have Brylee in the NICU after "living" there for 3 months when Brayden was born. I felt so blessed when Brock was born and we did not have to go through that experience again. It was a whole new world with him that brought us so much hope.
We have always goaled ourselves for raising $500 (with us donating $100 ourselves). The closest we have come is $450 about 2 years ago. We are once again going to goal $500, but that is the minimum I want to raise. I know money is tight for a lot of people, it has been extremely so for us recently, but this is so near and dear to us that I will not let that be an excuse. I am going to hit up people at work, neighbors, anyone I can think of. This money does so much good for so many people and babies. The March of Dimes is amazing! They recently have been working with Makena (a pharmaceutical company) that is been FDA approved to produce 17P (17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone caproate), a drug that I took with both Brock and Brylee to help prevent labor. The company wants to charge 100 times more for the medicine than what I paid. There has been so much feedback from parents through March of Dimes that they wrote a letter to the President of the company to look at this information. They want the drug to still be affordable for people and they do not want women to miss out on something that could potentially help them carry a baby longer because of financial reasons. This link will give you more information about it if you are interested: "Unintended Consequences".
I could go on and on about my experiences, and don't mind doing so, but for your sake I will keep this post a little more brief. Please help us support the March of Dimes. Here is a link to our page: The Neeley Family, where you can read our story and make donations as one of our sponsors. We would greatly appreciate any and all help in reaching our goal.
I will be making many more posts on this subject as we count down to our walk. I will also be calling some of you!!!!
THANK YOU!!!! THANK YOU!!!
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