Thanks to a community-led fundraising initiative, a new Cuddle Cot has been put in place in the Women & Children’s Program at CKHA.
The Cuddle Cot is a cooling system that is designed to fit within any Moses basket or bassinette, preserving the child’s body longer, and allowing grieving parents of stillborn infants more time with their child.
The purchase of this impactful piece of equipment was made possible by the staff at Peach Physiotherapy & Wellness Centre. For Steve and Kate Peach and the team at Peach Physiotherapy & Wellness Centre, this was a cause that resonated deeply, motivating them to choose the Cuddle Cot for the clinic’s Higher Purpose Initiative.
“Each year our clinic chooses a local organization or program to support, and every time a new patient assessment or treatment plan is successfully completed, we contribute a monetary amount towards our fundraising goal,” Kate Peach, Physiotherapist at Peach Physiotherapy & Wellness Centre said in a news release. “When we learned that a bereaved local family was fundraising to honour their stillborn baby girl and to support families experiencing a similarly tragic loss in the future, collectively, and immediately, our team knew that this was the cause that we needed to support. We chose to help bring a Cuddle Cot to Chatham-Kent so that families have access, should they ever need it.”
Local parents Andrew and Jennifer Foster initiated the Cuddle Cot campaign following the loss of their own daughter.
“It has been a long road for Jennifer and I to ensure that other local families who go through this kind of tragedy will have the time they need to say goodbye to their little angels,” said Andrew Foster. “Baby loss is a heart-stopping nightmare, but being able to say goodbye properly can start the healing process, and the new Cuddle Cot will be so helpful to many grieving parents.”
