The Family Centered Care Committee will implement a new program for families beginning in March.

On the first friday of every month in the Family Resource Center we’ll have a First Friday Holden NICU Family Night with Fun, Facts and Food.

Parents will have a chance to meet graduate families, or work on a scrapbook, or visit the NICU 101 table, or all of the above and also to have dinner. They are welcome to bring siblings as childcare will be provided by Volunteer Services.

Our kick-off will be March 2nd. Daniel Santioni will be at the NICU 101 table to talk to interested families about Calming their Babies. On April 6th Diane Kremer will be available with the topic of Infant Massage.

Please tell the families in the unit and please feel free to attend! Attached is the poster.

March 2nd, 6-8pm in the Family Resource Center.

The Ann Arbor news has a great article on the construction that will be going on for the additions to Mott children’s hospital.

http://www.med.umich.edu/nicu.

This is a site for families who may be transferring to our unit, who may be on bed rest and for those with babies who have been admitted.

This has been a labor of love for almost a year and a half with wonderful effort from the health systems M3 Design team and employees of our department. The funding came from FIGS grant award.

Come one come all to a benefit concert for the holden NCIU. Sunday November 26, 2006 1 & 3 pm at the Ark in Ann Arbor. For tickets, please call 763-TKTS

Tickets also available at Borders, Herb David’s Guitar Studio, Michigan Union Ticket Office and all Ticketmaster outlets.

As the weather gets colder, enjoy the recent added stack of photos to the 4th annual reunion. Oh and keep warm, by sending us more if you have them.

The photos from the fourth annual Holden grad reunion are now posted. Check them out and contact us if you have any more you would like to share.

You are warmly invited to the 4th Annual Holden NICU Graduate Family Reunion June 25, 2006
Sunday, 2-5pm at Kensington Metropark North Martindale Beach Area.

Please RSVP to reunion@holdengrads.com.

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We just wanted to share this great story we received. Hope you all enjoy it.

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