Help the Babies at Neonatal Intensive Care Units
Babies that are too small or too sick to go home stay in the hospital’s
NICU. Contact your local March of Dimes chapter to find information on
the closest hospital and NICU.
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Collect books that can be read to the babies, donate film for
cameras, knit blankets or help staff with NICU reunions.
Mile of Dimes
Prepare or enhance Parent Care Kits, which are gifts that are given to
each NICU family filled with comforting and informative materials.
Volunteer to assist in Sibling Hours, participating in crafts, storytelling
and a NICU introduction for big brothers and sisters. You will need to
have a criminal background check before you can assist during Sibling
Hours.
Decorate the interior and/or halls of a NICU. Contact different
preschools and elementary schools to partner on “Project Paintbrush.”
Their art can be used as the decorations making a colorful and
cheerful addition to the NICU.
Decorate shoeboxes to hold the mementos of mothers of babies who
died and give these Memory Boxes to the local hospital.
Make greeting cards for new parents, including information about
newborn screening, immunizations and other topics your local March
of Dimes suggests.
STUFH
1. Register the chapter: To comply with the regulations of your university,
you most likely need to register your chapter. You should check with your
student activities office or dean of student activities and follow the
procedures they provide. Once registered, many colleges and universities
have a one-day event during orientation when registered organizations
recruit members.
2. Contact your area food bank: Your area food bank welcomes your
support and will be glad to take steps to assist your efforts to establish a
STUFH chapter. The food bank is the organization you will be working with
once you have established the chapter, so you will want to call them and
keep them updated on your progress. If you need help locating your area
food bank, view the map of participants
The purpose of chapter is to join the fight against hunger, raise food for
the needy in your local community, and increase hunger awareness
among your fellow students.
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Organizing conventional food drives at your campus or in your
area; hosting competitions or ―food fights‖
Between sports teams, fraternities and sororities, or with other
colleges to see who can raise the most food;
Volunteering at your local food bank or food pantry.
Food Drive
 Obtain approval from your college or university to hold a food drive at
the end of the semester.
 Set up the time and date for the food bins to be brought by the food
bank to the food drop-off point on your campus. Bins are usually
placed in each dormitory. If this is not possible or your college is a
commuter school, several other high traffic student areas may be used
instead.
 Publicize! Obtain flyers, posters or any other informative material that
will let the departing students know of your efforts to help feed the
hungry in your community.
 Mark the food bins with information on what foodstuffs are acceptable
for donation (i.e. nonperishable, unopened food items).
 Set up the time and place for you local food bank to pick up the bins
at the end of the food drive.
UNICEF: Six Cents and Eliminate
Penny War: A collection is the fastest, easiest, most direct way to raise funds.
Organize a collection at dining halls, sporting events, in dorms, or other high
traffic areas on campus.
Tape Walk: Tape the word ―UNICEF or ―WATER in giant letters on a main
walkway on campus and ask people to place coins on the tape to spell it out.
Carnival Night: Publicize within the university as well as in the local community.
Decorate the venue to suit the theme of the carnival and bring along plenty of
lit-erature. Offer a diversified range of activities such as ring toss, weight-guessing,
etc. Sell refresh-ments and provide entertainment.
Dance Benefit: Do you ever miss those old high school dances? Why not hire a
great band or DJ and do it all over again? Make it a campus-wide event with
admission and refreshments pro-ceeds going to UNICEF. Be sure to publicize well.
Sell tickets ahead of time and at the door.
Pancake Breakfast: Pancake breakfasts are typically a high-profit fundraiser and
can be a great outreach event to the community.
Bake Sale: Sell bake goods at school or at local events.
Coffee/Doughnuts: Sell them outside classroom buildings or dorms in the
mornings.
Flowers: Usually best if done with carnations/roses before Valentine's Day. Or sell
them at sports events or dances. Contact your local florist.
Skip-A-Meal/Snack: Conduct a fundraiser at school that generates awareness of
world hunger. Ask people to skip one meal for a day, or one snack everyday for
a week, and donate the amount they would have spent to the U.S. Fund for
UNICEF. If most students at your school are on a meal plan, ask them to donate
meals. Beforehand, try to work out with dining services how much money should
be donated per meal.
Concession Stand: Operate concession stands for parades, fairs, festivals,
athletic events, plays or other school functions, and donate the proceeds to
UNICEF.