Donating Gowns to Hospitals Worldwide

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On September 8th, 2012 we made our first in hospital gown donation ever, since then we've donated gowns to twenty-six hospitals, including one in Guatemala. The hospitals we have donated gowns to are listed below. These donations typically are sent directly to the NICUs for the hospital, the pattern used for these gowns is the NICU Smock pattern by Everything Your Momma Made and More that is listed on our Sewing Opportunities page.

Frequently, other items are included within the NICU Suprise Boxes like crochet hats, smaller blankets, fabric or crochet baby booties, burp cloths, bandana bibs, nursing/skin-to-skin covers, reusable nursing pads, and other items that are appropriate for within the NICU setting. 

NICU Smock Donations:
  • Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia (September 8, 2012 and September 2014)
  • Culpeper Regional Hospital in Culpeper, Virginia (November 19, 2012)
  • All Children's Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida (August 24, 2013, and June 8th, 2015)
  • Hope of Life International Hospital in Zapaca, Guatemala (November 28, 2013)
  • Eastern Tennessee Children's Hospital in Knoxville, Tennessee (January 27, 2014)
  • Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii (May 20, 2014)
  • John Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland (July 1, 2014)​
  • Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine (April 26, 2015)
  • University of Virginia Children's Hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia (July 9, 2015 - shark week gowns Jun 21, 2016)​
  • Handful of Hope Christmas Care Packages for Penn Highlands Healthcare in DuBois, Pennsylvania (July 28, 2015)
  • ​​Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri (August 21, 2015)
  • Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada (December 15, 2015)
  • Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas (December 15, 2015)​
  • Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska (December 15, 2015)
  • Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania (December 15, 2015)
  • Providence Alaska Medical Center in Anchorage, Alaska (December 15, 2015)
  • Greenville Children's Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina (December 15, 2015)
  • Children's National Medical Center in Washington, District of Columbia (January 26, 2016)
  • Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia (February 27, 2016, June 7, 2020)
  • St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri (February 27, 2016)
  • Portneuf Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho (April 6, 2016)
  • Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Richmond, Virginia (October 20, 2016)
  • ​Boston Children's Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts (October 20, 2016; November 18, 2020)​
  • Northside Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia (October 20, 2016)
  • Portsmouth Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia (December 30, 2016)
  • Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Stanford in Palo Alto, California (May 4, 2017)
  • The Children's Hospital at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (June 1, 2017)
  • Bernard and Millie Duker Children's Hospital and Albany Medical Center, in Albany, New York (June 1, 2017)
  • University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, in Ann Arbor, Michigan (June 1, 2017)
  • Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, in Portland, Oregon (June 1, 2017)
  • Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center, in Vancouver, Washington (June 1, 2017)
  • University of Kentucky Children's Hospital, in Lexington, Kentucky (June 1, 2017)
  • Chandler Regional Medical Center, in Chandler, Arizona (June 1, 2017)
  • Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital, in Roanoke, Virginia (June 2, 2017, June 7, 2020)
  • MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC (November 8, 2017)
  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio (November 8, 2017)
  • Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Virginia (November 8, 2017)  
  • Benefits Health System in Great Falls, Montana (November 20, 2017) 
  • Holy Cross Hospital, in Silver Springs, Maryland (December 31, 2017)
  • Riley Hospital for Children, in Indianapolis, Indiana (December 31, 2017)
  • UC Davis Children's Hospital, in Sacramento, California (July 20, 2018)
  • Boone Hospital Center, in Columbia, Missouri (July 20, 2018)
  • WakeMed Children's Hospital, in Raleigh, North Carolina (July 20, 2018)
  • St. Joseph's Children's Hospital, in Tampa, Florida (September 29, 2018)
  • Norton Children's Hospital, in Louisville, Kentucky (October 31, 2018)
  • Children's Hospital of Georgia, in Augusta, Georgia (November 3, 2018)
  • MUSC Children's Hospital, in Charleston, South Carolina (November 3, 2018)
  • The Barabara Bush Children's Hospital, in Portland, ME (December 16, 2018)
  • Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, in Hastings, NE (December 16, 2018)
  • University of Washington Medical Center, in Seattle, WA (January 14, 2019)
  • St. John's Hospital, in Springfield, Illinois (July 10, 2019)
  • Children's Hospital of Orange County, in Orange, California (April 12, 2020)
  • Valleywise Health Medical Center, in Phoenix, Arizona (May 11, 2020)
  • Virginia Hospital Center, in Arlington, Virginia (July 17, 2020)

Ben's Blessings: Gowns

Our first special embroidery design gowns went to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee in memory of Benjamin Owen Hudson for his second birthday celebration!

​The Hudson family has one we have been connected to since before Ben's birth (which also just happens to be my birthday) - we made his sister Emma a stuffed frog with pieces of fabric from when his gown was made. When his younger brother was born, we made a matching set for both boys, even though Ben passed away in May of 2014. 

On June 19, 2015 we mailed off (10) gowns embroidered with the words "Ben's Blessings" and a heart with crossed Band-Aids. They were included in care packages for the PICU where Ben was cared for.

Coping with Laryngomalacia, Inc: Infant Gowns
An organization we have frequently worked with in providing gown donations to is Coping with Laryngomalacia, Inc. They work side-by-side with families who have a child diagnosed with various airway defects. 

They provide educational resources, financial support, and care package where our gowns have been used. We typically provide infant sized gowns to the organization when they are in need. 

We have provided other sized gowns throughout the years as well.

Lacey Strong: Gowns & Towels

In 2015 we made the Warner family and Angel Monkey gown after learning Lacey had passed away before receiving her gown that was returned in the mail to us by the hospital she received care at. 

That same year, we took some of our leftover gowns from the very first pattern, and create (20) gowns using a monkey and the words "Lacey Strong" for the care packages her parents take to Boston Children's Hospital each year. 

In 2017, we were looking for something to make for the care packages, and soft, comfy towels were the perfect fit! We once again embroidered the (20) towels with a special monkey and "Lacey Strong" for children on the cardiac unit. 

OVI Children's Hospital: Gowns and Reusable Wipes
In 2017 we were able to send out 100 reusable wipes and several packages of Ruby Moon Laundry Wipes Bits that are used for wipe solution. April of 2018 we followed that donation with (55) of our original gowns to OVI Children's Hospital in Kenya!

These range from Newborn to what was the first 6-10 design in both boys and girls prints...and also marked the 16th country across the world that gowns have been sent to the past six years.