Margaret’s Memory
We are incredibly grateful to everyone for their support. We were able to place multiple Cuddle Cot units in local hospitals and provide memory boxes to many loss families. We could not have done it without the support of our friends and family. We are still accepting donations at this time but will be focusing more on directly helping loss families. This will be done in the form of memory boxes, paying for their child’s Memorial or Funeral service, helping to get children’s Head Stones placed and things of that nature. We are shifting our focus to directly help the families that are experiencing infant or child loss and appreciate your generosity so much. We are always looking for preemie size hats and blankets if anyone is crocheter or knitter!!! As a disclaimer, #MargaretsMemory acts of kindness do not come out of this fund.
Our 3rd daughter, Margaret Rose Slader, was born silently and still on October 1, 2016 at 13.3 Oz and 9 In. 7 months of excitement and joy had unfortunately ended in heartbreak and we have been working hard ever since to find meaning in our loss.
We are very grateful to have had 10 hours with our baby, saying our goodbyes, holding her and just staring at her beautiful face. Unfortunately, the body of a person that has passed starts to break down in some ways when left at room temperature for too long. Without being overly graphic, yes, Margaret was affected by biology. Although Landmark hospital was amazing and the staff was truly incredible, they do not have the funding to purchase a piece of medical equipment that would have given us more time with our precious child. That time after her passing was all we had to make memories. We squeezed every ounce of that 10 hours just wrapping Margaret in love. My husband, Arthur, and I have determined that we are going to give other grieving families more time by fundraising to purchase a Cuddle Cot and donating it in Margaret’s name. We will be working with Stories Of Babies Born Still who will be placing a beautiful plaque on the Cot with Margaret’s name so that our angel will be remembered as the blessing that she is.
A Cuddle Cot is a cooling unit that is about the size of a humidifier. It is used for late miscarriage, stillbirth, & neonatal death to preserve and provide parents more time with their baby (up to 72 hours). We would like to provide the Cuddle Cot unit along with a Moses Basket to Landmark Hospital. We are planning to make memory boxes to send along with the Cot for families that experience stillbirth or infant loss. Some of our family members are making blankets and hats and we are collecting items that we found helpful in our healing process. We would like to be able to purchase plaster printing kits to include so that parents can have hand or footprints of their child if they’d like. Our goal in this is to let other families know that they are not alone. We were very blessed to have an amazing amount of support in our time of loss but it has become obvious that not every grieving parent has that same opportunity.
Any money raised over our goal will be used to purchase additional Cots in Margaret’s name for other local hospitals and to keep supplying memory boxes to Rhode Island families experiencing stillbirth or infant loss.
Thank you so much for your donation. You are making a difference in someone’s life by giving them the gift of time.
With Gratitude,
Sandy Clossick and Arthur Slader
