Issue 2 - Summer - Providence Washington - Providence Health ...

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Where
Angels
Gather
6 ● Summer 2012 Heart Beat
Thanks to the generous support of
donors to the Providence Health
Care Foundation, caregivers overseeing
the Forget-Me-Not perinatal
bereavement program at Sacred
Heart Medical Center received
$17,000 to convert a storage area
into a comforting, sacred place. In
what they’ve dubbed The Angel
Room, parents can spend some
uninterrupted time with their baby.
Sacred Heart’s Forget-Me-Not
program cares for an average of
60 families per year who are mourning
the early passing of an infant.
Staff members offer to arrange
photography and to make other
keepsakes, such as plaster molds
of baby’s feet, knowing that these
make a difference to the families.
“I am grateful we have a
new Angel Room for our families,”
says Carolyn Ringo, perinatal
bereavement coordinator at Sacred
Heart. “It’s wonderful to offer such a
beautiful space for parents to be with
their baby at a very difficult time.”
Be Part of
Something
Beautiful
You can help. To learn
more about supporting
services and programs at
Providence, visit phc.org
and select “Giving.”