HEALING GRACE PERINATAL HOSPICE INC
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Mission Statement
At Healing Grace Perinatal Hospice, Inc. a 501(c)3 our mission is to provide support, guidance, love, and community to families that have suffered the death of an infant at any stage of pregnancy and within the first year of life, to cultivate hope and healing in their journey after loss.
About This Cause
Based in Plattsburgh, NY, Healing Grace: Center for Hope and Healing serves families in Clinton, Essex, Franklin, and plans to expand. Healing Grace: Center for Hope and Healing, is located at 62 Brinkerhoff St, Suite 104 in Plattsburgh, NY. They offer in person groups and are available to meet with families to discuss their specific needs for support, develop birthing plans, and help with referrals to area resources to ensure they have their emotional and even physical needs met. Developing a parent advocacy program focusing on creating a path for the family's grief journey and create an army of families that have experienced pregnancy and infant loss advocating for improved care and support and remove the stigma of pregnancy and infant loss. We also provide comfort boxes to area hospitals for mother's that have experienced loss of pregnancy or infant, Angel Heartbeat Bears for families that have received a life limiting diagnosis during pregnancy, peer support, volunteer photographers to capture the families precious moments with their infant while in the hospital, Comfort Cubs, collaboration with area hospitals to ensure each family is supported and does not fall through the cracks, Trauma Sensitive Yoga, and various educational resources. The organization is a New York State recognized charitable organization and is a Federally recognized 501(c)3 not-for-profit. Board members include Kathryn LaValley, physical therapist and board secretary; Megan Baker, physician assistant; Lisa Wells, MS, RN; Father Christopher J. Looby, spiritual advisor and board president; Dr. Anthony Garami, pediatrician and medical director; and Dr. Ariel Goodman, professor of counseling at SUNY Plattsburgh; and Bridget Sarazen, certified nurse midwife at CVPH OB/GYN, Maria Hayes retired RN and director of the women and children's center at CVPH. Executive Director is Sarah Munn Wojtaszek. Healing Grace: Center for Hope and Healing was founded by Sarah Munn Wojtaszek in honor of her daughter, Grace, who lived for only five hours. Grace was diagnosed in utero with anencephaly, a neural tube defect. Sarah and her husband, Keith, then residents of the Kansas City area, received support from Alexandra’s House, a perinatal hospice in that region. When the Wojtaszek's returned to the North Country, they discovered that there were no similar organizations offering support for families who’ve experienced infant or pregnancy loss in this region, and Healing Grace: Center for Hope and Healing was born.