Healthy Babies Project logoHealthy Babies Project ENews
How HBP is making a difference for at-risk D.C. families

  February 2011 - Volume 1, Number 4
In This Issue
One Child's Story
A Special Thank You to BMOA
CCF and DCCTF Donate Coats
Inclement Weather Reminder
Give to HBP and Save Lives
Join Our Mailing List!

Quick Links
One Child's Story:
"No One Can See Me or Hear Me"

By W.D.C.

 

ultrasoundMy name is W.D.C.  I live inside my 17-year-old mother's wounded womb ... and she lives on the streets. Before I came along, my mommy was abused. She used to get help from the system. But they said my mommy's accusations were not true and they left her with her abusers. The abuse kept going for eight more years until I made my way inside her. That's when she found the courage to leave.

 

My mom comes to a place called Healthy Babies Project. They help her ... Read more ...

2011 TPEP Launches with Classes in Parenting, Careers
By Kahlil M. Kuykendall
Program Coordinator, Teen Parent Empowerment Program
  
TPEP participants at Kennedy CenterHBP welcomes its newest 24 confirmed participants in the Teen Parent Empowerment Program (TPEP), which officially began on January 18.
  
Starting Off Right: language and literacy for little ones
  
TPEP's first formal session, Starting Off Right: Language and Literacy, helped participants understand not only the importance of education but also the role of language and literacy in early childhood development. Continued ...
A Special Thank You to Black McDonald's Operators Association

 

bmoa-presentaionHealthy Babies Project is honored to receive a special gift of $3,000 from the Baltimore/Washington DC Black McDonalds Operators Association (BMOA), which was donated to ensure continued healthy birth outcomes for DC teens. 


Owner/operators Mary Hopkins Naives and Isaac D. Green represented BMOA in presenting the gift to HBP Executive Director Regine Elie on January 28. HBP extends special thanks to Board member Deidra Owens for facilitating their visit to the agency.


Generous support from donors like the Black McDonald's Operators Association make it possible for Healthy Babies Project to help D.C. families have healthy babies and move out of the cycle of poverty. We're deeply thankful for your partnership! 

 

Children's Charities Foundation and DCCTF Donate Coats to HBP Families

Healthy Babies Project clients offer a special video thank you to the Children's Charities Foundation of Washington, DC and the DC Children's Trust Fund for donating coats for HBP clients. View it here.

Inclement Weather Reminder
A reminder: all HBP classes follow the D.C. Public Schools schedule. When D.C. schools are closed due to inclement weather, HBP classes are cancelled for the day.
Give to HBP and Save Lives

For 20 years, HBP has connected high-risk, underserved pregnant D.C. women and families to health babies in diaperscare, social services, and educational opportunities. Thousands of HBP babies have been born alive and healthy. But recent city budget cuts have slashed HBP funding. We need your help to continue saving and transforming D.C. lives. Give here.

 

You don't have to see them to help.

 

Gifts to Healthy Babies Project, Inc. are tax-deductible. Your support means a true chance for D.C. teenagers and women to have productive lives. Giving online is safe and secure. Thank you for caring and giving!
Healthy Babies Project logo 200x124Healthy Babies Project, Inc.
We help at-risk D.C. families have healthy babies and move out of the cycle of poverty.

801 17th Street NE | Washington, DC 20002 | (202) 396-2809 | www.healthybabiesproject.org