Hayes Foundation

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Hayes Foundation to Join CJ Foundation for SIDS

“This is a magical day for me and everyone who has helped the Hayes Foundation get to this point,” said Oliver, founder and executive director of the Hayes Foundation. “It’s overwhelming to think about how small we were when we started and now have the opportunity to partner with the CJ Foundation. I’m honored the Hayes Foundation is joining such an impactful organization, an organization that can take us to new levels of raising awareness of SIDS in Richmond and beyond.”

“One of our goals with the This Side Up campaign has been to spread our message across the country and beyond,” said Oliver, who will join the CJ Foundation’s board of directors. “The CJ Foundation will be able to take the This Side Upcampaign to another level and guide its growth. We now have the onesies in English, Spanish and Vietnamese – I would like to see them in every language one day.”

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Hayes Foundation to Join CJ Foundation for SIDS

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Friday, April 1, 2011

A new Australian study finds that babies who sleep on their stomachs -- a position thought to pose a risk for SIDS -- have lower levels of oxygen in their brains than those who sleep on their backs.

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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

US House of Representatives proposes deeper cuts to Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant. This cut could end lifesaving research and essential services including prenatal and well-child care.

Contact your House representative and urge them to fight cuts to MCHB, HRSA, NIH and CDC. You can find information on your representative by visiting www.house.gov.

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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Robert Redford talks about losing his son to SIDS.

I am so grateful Robert Redford is willing to share his story and express his feelings about losing his son to SIDS. It’s true that the pain never goes away, you just learn to live with it. Here’s Robert’s story.

Legendary actor Robert Redford is opening up about SIDS, and the impact it has had on his personal life. In doing so, he is also opening up some incredibly painful and very old wounds.

According to Popeater, Redford will appear in the March/April issue of AARP Magazine. His cover story details the tragedy of losing his infant son to SIDS more than fifty years ago.

Redford says he has never gotten over losing his son. He and his first wife, Lola Van Wagenen went on to have three additional children following the loss of their 5-month-old baby boy, but he claims the grief never fully went away.

"It was really hard," Redford said in AARP Magazine. "We were very young. I had my first theater job. which didn't pay much. We didn't know anything about SIDS, so the only thing you think is that you've done something wrong. As a parent, you blame yourself. That creates a scar that never completely heals."

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