NICU Friends Circle

The NICU Care Closet needs some love! Join NICU Friends Circle in donating items needed for the babies at CHKD!

NICU Friends Circle was founded in 2014.  

The founding members (in photo below from left to right) are friends
Shelby Scott, Sharyn Lynch, Megan Crain, Karrie Beaudry, and Tanya
Holloran. They all met in 2011 when they joined the very first NICU
Family Advisory Council at CHKD.  They are all mothers of NICU
graduates (ranging in age from 3 to 5 years old) and have enjoyed
their work with the Council helping to support current NICU families
and improve the family-centered care partnership between patients,
families, and healthcare providers.  Now that their terms on the Family
Advisory Council have expired, they look forward to the next chapter in
their relationship with CHKD in a Circle of The King’s Daughters!

NICU Friends Circle began as a group of friends who served on the CHKD NICU Family Advisory Council as a result of having children as NICU patients. When our time on the Council was finished, we wanted to remain in touch and continue serving the hospital in some capacity. Since 2014, we have raised funds for CHKD and needed supplies for the NICU through our two signature projects: an Annual NICU Baby Shower on Neonatal Nurse’s Day each September and our Party for The Pint-Sized event at local breweries each Spring. Our group now consists of not only parents, but NICU nurses, social workers and parent support coordinators.