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Metcalfe Park pledges community support to new mothers

March 6, 2016 by Andrea Waxman 1 Comment

  • Jazmen Bateman kisses her baby daughter Aaliyah. (All photos by Andrea Waxman)
  • Danell Cross (at podium), BNCP coordinator for Metcalfe Park and members of the resident association Community Bridges, promise Darnear Ross-Miller (right) that they will support her and her baby.
  • Tikiya Frazier (right), sitting with Laneice McGee, wins a prize for being the mother-most-likely-to-give-birth next, after her water broke at the baby shower.
  • Yasmina Carroll, accompanied by her 6-month-old son Jeremiah, speaks with representatives from nonprofits that support new mothers.
  • Dominique Boyce, whose child is due in three weeks, answers a question about what she learned at the baby shower.
  • Keiarria Cooper poses with her 7-week-old son Dashawn.
  • Community Bridges members display donations of portable play pens, car seats, toys, clothes, diapers and other baby items for the mothers.
  • Community Bridges member Christye Johnson, (right), who came up with the idea and directed the event, poses with Laneice McGee.
  • Jolie Brox (left) and Chappelle Brunson, representing Mommy & Me, LLC, a service that helps moms have healthy babies, admire a tiny shower guest.
  • Capt. Shunta Boston-Smith (left) and Officer Lyndsey Peters serve a taco lunch.
  • Jan Collins (right) from The Parenting Network gives a shower guest information about her organization's resources for parents.

The Metcalfe Park neighborhood association, Community Bridges, recently hosted its first Community Baby Shower at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society. New and expectant moms were treated to lunch and received gifts including clothing, toys, portable play pens, diapers and information from parenting organizations.

Community Bridges members also presented mothers with certificates promising community support for them and their babies.

Filed Under: Metcalfe Park, Multimedia, Photos

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  1. Rachel Crites says

    March 7, 2016 at 11:22 am

    Excellent. Would be very interested in staying abreast of any new developments in this program. Such a great initiative.

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