Walk is on Oct. 20th and Seminar Oct. 22nd, both events are open to the public
October 15, 2019 – In recognition of Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month, the Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade (HSCMD) announced it will be hosting a When a Baby Dies sensitivity seminar on Tuesday, October 22nd to help bereaved parents, children and grandparents cope with a loss of a baby. The seminar will also work to educate professionals on the proper ways to assist parents in the grief process.
The educational seminar will take place at The Landing at MIA Conference Center located at 7415 Corporate Center Drive, Suite H, Miami, FL 33126 with a morning session from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. or an afternoon session from 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. The seminar is free and open to the community as well as professionals. Space is limited; therefore, registration is required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/when-a-baby-dies-sensitivity-seminar-tickets-74496887195.
In addition, HSCMD announced its support for the Our Stars Remembered Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Walk hosted by the Star Legacy Foundation South Florida Chapter. The first annual walk will take place on Sunday, October 20th from 8 a.m. – noon at Coral Reef Park, located at 7895 SW 152nd Street, Palmetto Bay, Florida. The event will include a program honoring babies lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death and infant loss followed by a Remembrance Walk through the park. After the walk, there will be a healing yoga session, and various memorial activities as well as a raffle.
To donate or register for the walk please visit: http://bit.ly/OurStarsRemembered. Registration is $30 for adults, $20 for children and includes an event t-shirt as well as access to all of the activities and light refreshments. All proceeds will benefit Star Legacy Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to stillbirth support, awareness, education and research.
“It is important that we bring the community together for an opportunity to better understand infant loss, while simultaneously remembering those infants who have passed and supporting the grieving families,” said HSCMD CEO, Manuel E. Fermin. “These initiatives reinforce our organization’s core belief that every baby deserves a healthy start in life.”
About the Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade
The Healthy Start Coalition of Miami-Dade (HSCMD) is a community-based non-profit organization designated and funded by the State of Florida Department of Health (FDOH) and the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) to serve as Miami-Dade County’s prenatal and infant care coalition. HSCMD partners with local community-based organizations and healthcare professionals to plan, coordinate and provide high quality health and education services to women of childbearing age, children to age three and their families. For more information, visit www.hscmd.org and follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest news and updates.
About the South Florida Chapter of Star Legacy Foundation
The South Florida Chapter of Star Legacy Foundation was founded in May 2019 after three mothers who lost their sons to stillbirth found a lack of resources in South Florida for families who experience stillbirth and other baby loss. Their goal is to help spread awareness and education to create empowered pregnancies as well as to provide support for those who have experienced a loss. This walk, the first of its kind in Miami-Dade, will give families a chance to honor their very loved and missed babies while raising awareness about pregnancy and infant loss as well as funds to help prevent this tragedy from happening to another family in the future. If you have experienced a loss or would like to learn more, please visit www.starlegacyfoundation.org and follow us on Facebook and Instagram.
