Service Project

Blankets for Babies

Kindergarten and First Grade will be collecting NEW baby blankets for babies spending Christmas in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.  The baby blankets can be fleece, knot blankets, crocheted, satin, minkee dot or whatever your favorite blanket is. Blankets need to be standard size, no receiving blankets please. :) Homemade blankets are welcome too!  You can pick boy, girl, or gender neutral, but must be NEW due to infection control.

Blankets will be collected from November 21-December 20. You may send it to school with your child. Feel free to get your friends, family, or community group involved. The more the better! They will be distributed Saturday, December 21. Our goal is to bless each family that has to spend Christmas in one of Little Rock’s Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) with a nice new blanket for their child.

1 in 8 babies in the US are born prematurely and 13 million babies worldwide are born each year, much too early. Chances are that you, or someone you know, have been dramatically affected by prematurity. Please join us in this simple gesture that will mean so much to these families spending Christmas in the hospital.

Mrs. Hardin’s son, Harrison, was born 3 months early, weighing 2 pounds. He spent 93 days at UAMS' Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, which included his first Thanksgiving and Christmas. During their stay, so many people reached out to help. One specific act of kindness stood out. On Christmas Day, they received a beautiful baby blanket for Harrison. They wrapped him up in it and it quickly became his favorite.