ORGANIZATION OF THE MONTH
When we created the site, our mission was to not only provide a venue for trading,
but also help families in need. Recently, within our forum environment,
members of our site expressed a desire to help other families in need.
We brainstormed ways we, as a www.uanditrade.com community, could give to other
families or children who truly needed help .
With this in mind, I set out to find an organization that could help us make a positive impact on a needy family. As luck would have it the organization found me! While on a business flight, I met and shared my vision with a wonderful woman who introduced me to an organization called Project Cuddle.
Project Cuddle is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to preventing baby abandonment by providing free-of-charge resources to new parents. On average, a despairingly 57 babies are abandoned every day resulting in more than 20,000 babies per year! Since Project Cuddle was established in 1996, they have helped save over 629 babies.
With that said, I am very proud to launch the first UAIT Organization of the Month: Project Cuddle! How can you as a member of www.uanditrade.com help Project Cuddle?
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Become a volunteer in your community. Project Cuddle is a national organization which needs more local parents to help those in crisis. To access their volunteer application
please visit www.projectcuddle.org/volunteer.org.
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Donate clothing and baby items (see the forum post titled Project Cuddle).
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New parents with specific needs will be listed in the forum post.
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Donate items that meet these needs (via mail, just as you would any other trade).
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If you find a local parent in need, you are welcome to donate larger items.
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Donate your points. You can donate your points to Project Cuddle and they will select items from the database for their moms in need.
Donate money to Project Cuddle directly by visiting their secure web site
at
www.projectcuddle.org
or you can mail a check or money order to:
Project Cuddle 2973 Harbor Blvd. #326 Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
*Please note: Due to confidentiality reasons, all furniture or clothing donations must be made via a Project Cuddle volunteer, who will deliver the items to the new parents.
This is a wonderful cause, so please give if you are able. Feel free to take a look at the Project Cuddle website for more information on this wonderful organization at
www.projectcuddle.org
Thank you.
Matt,
Dad & Co-Founder