SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES INC
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Mission Statement
Safe Haven Baby Boxes mission is to prevent illegal abandonment of newborns by raising awareness, offering a 24-hour hotline for mothers in crisis and offering a last resort option for women.
About This Cause
Founder, Monica Kelsey, started Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Inc. after learning she was abandoned as an infant and after seeing a "baby box" in operation at a church, in Cape Town, South Africa. She has made it her personal mission to educate others on the Safe Haven Law and to do whatever it takes to save the lives of innocent babies from being abandoned. Reports of deadly infant abandonment continue throughout the country even with the establishment of the Safe Haven Law in all 50 states for the past 10 to 20 years. The Safe Haven Baby Box takes the face to face interaction out of the surrender and protects the mother from being seen. On February 12, 2019 in Lake Charles Louisiana a newborn baby was found outside the entrance of an ER at the hospital. This woman clearly didn’t want her identity to be known so she laid the baby down and walked away. Many more reports about illegal abandonments infer women are seeking anonymity when surrendering an infant, and most individuals do not understand the Safe Haven law. Raising awareness and educating the public about the Safe Haven laws is a critical first step. Installing a Safe Haven Baby Box is a vital and proactive next step. The Safe Haven Baby Boxes organization's primary goal is to raise awareness of the Safe Haven Law. Women in crisis can call our National Safe Haven 24-hour hotline and can receive counseling and assistance. To date, the hotline has received close to 5,000 calls from every state in the United States. Safe Haven Baby Boxes has referred hundreds of women to crisis pregnancy centers, assisted in 6 adoption referrals, and have had 95 legal Safe Haven surrenders. Ten infants have been surrendered in a Safe Haven Baby Box.