The Birth Place in Orlando, Florida is coordinating the cruise - Please read the following letter from Jennie Joseph the founder of The Birth Place:
Greetings!
2009 is off to a great start and I am writing to personally wish you all the very best for this upcoming year. I am excited to announce the launch of my Campaign for Healthier Babies (www.commonsensechildbirth.org/campaign) and to invite you to come sail the high seas with us in October - yes, we are going on a CRUISE to The Bahamas! This will be our first annual 'fun'draising cruise and I am looking forward to some much needed down time with my family and yours. Come hang out with us, bring your friends,co-workers and relatives and let's have some fun!
Imagine this - cruising can help us raise funds for Commonsense Childbirth, our non-profit program, which provides prenatal care, education and support for uninsured and low income women at The Birth Place. We maintain an 'open door' policy at our Easy Access(http://www.commonsensechildbirth.org/node/42) clinics - no woman will be turned away if she needs help with her pregnancy. More and more women are struggling to find a way to pay for maternity care or are having trouble securing Medicaid. We often see women who are more than 30 weeks advanced in their pregnancy, still waiting for their application to go through and unable to find a practitioner to help them. We also set up Easy Access Clinics in Sanford, Orange City and Daytona last year. Our motto is ''every woman wants a healthy baby and every woman deserves one" the need is great and it is getting worse. We know our program is making a difference - of 245 women who attended our Easy Access clinic at The Birth Place in 2008 only 2% had a premature baby. The average for Orange County is 15% and is even higher for African American women. They say it costs around $37,000 - $50,000 in medical care per preterm baby; this means that we saved the State more than $1 million by helping the other 13% carry their babies to full term. (If you've ever been a patient, you know how hard we work to make sure you can reach us around the clock if you need help). Our recent study proved that my midwifery model, The JJ Way (www.commonsensechildbirth.org/jj-way), is making an impact - I like my babies cute and chunky! Your financial support enables us to continue to offer prenatal care and classes to the most vulnerable women and babies in our community. There are many ways to help us please check the website (www.commonsensechildbirth.org/campaign). Thank you for caring!
Call Kaevon at 407 654 9900 or email her at worldtravelst@aol.com - $50 deposit is due by Februaury 1st to secure your spot. Check out the attachments for more details. See you soon......
Jennie
Jennie Joseph LM, CPM
Executive Director
Commonsense Childbirth Inc.
1130 E.Plant St.
Winter Garden, FL. 34787
Tel 407 656 6938 / Fax 407 656 9161
Founder of The JJ Way™ MCH system
www.jenniejoseph.com/node/16
The mission of The JJ Way™ is to inspire change in maternal child health care systems worldwide; to re-empower the birthing mother, father, family and community by supporting the providers, practitioners and agencies that are charged with their care. The JJ Way™ system acknowledges that every woman wants a healthy baby and as such, endeavors to provide the optimal setting, culture and environment for her best possible pregnancy outcome.
www.commonsensechildbirth.org
www.thebirthplace.org
www.nubianhealthnetwork.org
www.jenniejoseph.com
