This year’s Miracle Babies Foundation annual ball marks the 10 year milestone for the Liverpool based organisation.
The ball will be held at Luna Park this Saturday, October 31.
Miracle Babies Foundation is Australia’s leading organisation supporting premature and sick newborns, their families and the hospitals that care for them.
Every year in Australia around 45,000 newborn babies require the help of a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) or Special Care Nursery (SCN). And 25,000 of these babies are born premature and up to 1,000 babies lose their fight for life.
For families, the experience of having a baby come into the world not as expected or planned is life changing.
Without support, this overwhelming and traumatic experience can have lifelong effects on the emotional wellbeing of these miracle families. It affects the entire family unit.
Since 2005, Miracle Babies Foundation has been passionate in developing and providing vital programs and resources to support and enhance a family’s experience from a threatened pregnancy, hospital journey with a premature or sick newborn, the transition to home and beyond.
Australia is home to 22 state of the art intensive care units designed to meet the unique and critical needs of our earliest and sickest babies.
Working with health professionals on the joint agenda of better outcomes for families, Miracle Babies provides informative education and insight on a family’s experience and funding for equipment, resources and research.
Beginning as a small local charity, Miracle Babies were overwhelmed and very blessed by the generous support of the local community.
“Their support enabled us to grow and offer the very best support to NICU families and provide Liverpool Hospitals NICU with much needed equipment and resources,’’ says CEO and founder Melinda Cruz.
“As a national foundation, we now offer this support to families and NICUs Australia wide.’’
As part of their 10 year business plan Miracle Babies Foundation holds an Annual Charity Ball which raises funds that goes towards the continued work the foundation does.
It is run by a board, whose current chairman is former NSW premier Morris Iemma.
