[kadiera]

Last night I found out about a great new Pagan parenting resource, paganparenting.org. They are sponsoring a project to help parents with critically ill infants - Operation Brighid's Arms. From their site:

The Goddess Brighid is patron to newborns. Unfortunately, some newborns need a little extra love and care, and so do their families - and that's where we come in. Applications are open to any family with a hospitalized infant (whether due to prematurity or illness); however, we design our care packages with Pagan spirituality in mind, so we would like to primarily encourage Pagan families to apply for the package.

TO APPLY:

Please send an email to brighidsarms@paganparenting.org if you are a family member, friend, or coven mate of an individual who would benefit from a care package. (You can also apply for yourself, of course.) Please send us the name of the child and the parents, a short overview of the medical circumstances of the child, your relationship to the family, and contact information including a postal address. You may also choose to include any pertinent information about the family's spiritual path.

DONATIONS:

To donate funds to help defray mailing costs, please use the donate button on the top right of the page. Please include a note requesting that the funds be directed to Operation Brighid's Arms.

If you would like to donate items instead, please consider the following:

- Hand-crafted items (such as baby blankets, hats, etc.)
- Small teddy bears
- Small statuary or devotional items
- Relaxation or meditation CD's
- Pentacles, charms, or medallions (child sized or adult sized)
- Devotional books or magazines
- Prayer or meditation beads
- Gift cards for fast-food or take-away chains
- Crystals or herbal sachets

Again, the contact email is brighidsarms@paganparenting.org if you have anything you would like to donate. Please contact us and we will provide you with snail mail information to send the items to.

At any rate, this is right up my alley, because we've been doing this sort of thing for our home NICU anyway.

[Amethist75]

This sounds like a GREAT program! Thanks for sharing this info. I think this is something I'd be interested in donating some handmade stuff to.