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A CALL FOR HELP! re: Jewelyn
As many of you know, our fellow nestie and dear friend, Jewelyn, passed away on Sunday, September 27th due to an amniotic fluid embolism, just hours after giving birth to her first child, Gabrielle.
Gabrielle is doing well and will be released from the NICU this week.
Jewelyn's husband, Philip, is going to need all the help he can get over the coming months and years.
A PO Box has been set up to receive formula checks and diaper coupons. Any and all brands will be accepted, and whatever Philip doesn't use will be donated to the Liz Logelin Foundation.
Formula checks and diaper coupons can be sent to:
Jewelyn Okamoto Memorial Fund
PO Box 235971
Encinitas, CA 92023-5971
Edited to add -- for those who want to send packages (larger than an envelope), the address for that is:
Brandi Futrell
c/o Jewelyn Okamoto Memorial Fund
14928 S. Maple Ave.
Gardena, CA 90248
I am at work today, and will need all the help I can get to spread the word to other boards, blogs and forums. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone for your continued support and generosity! Jewelyn would be so proud to see the way people all over the world have come together to help in this time of grief.
xoxo
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Re: A CALL FOR HELP! re: Jewelyn
Hi,
NYC nestie here. I have already donated to the paypal account. If you could make sure that it was received, I would really appreciate it. I will C&P your message above on our board so you all have one less thing to worry about.
Thanks everyone!
Someone asked about Target gift cards, and I can make sure those get to Philip as well. Anything that arrives at the PO Box will be given to Philip. Thank you so much for everyone's generosity!
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Just wanted to say how very sorry I am. I'll post the link to this post on the NJ board.
Matt did tell me that he was able to use expired checks. Not sure if they'll let Philip, but we'll work on making that happen. If you have expired checks, please send those, too!
THANK YOU!
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
This has been posted on SAL and PAL.
I assume you will be accepting these things for a while? I have a bunch of stuff ready but I receive stuff in the mail almost daily so I would like to wait a few days in order to put in as much as possible.
Thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you!!!
I have the PO Box for 6 months (longer if we need it) so please, keep things coming as long as you can!
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
Thanks, ladies!
To those who have emailed, messaged, etc about sending packages... THANK YOU! I don't want to turn anyone down whatsoever, and want to encourage people to send what they want to help Philip and Gabby, but the ideal things to receive at this point would be formula checks, diaper coupons, gift cards, and smaller items like that.
We are working on getting an address to receive bigger shipments (that can accomodate UPS, Fed Ex, etc) and will post that as soon as we have it.
Again, thank you to everyone, from the bottom of my broken heart.
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!
If you go to a formula company site, say Enfamil there is a place you can sign up to receive stuff.
This just made me tear up, thank you so much for your help!
I will post the info on www.citymommy.com
So sorry for all of you that were close to Jewelyn. She sounds like a wonderful person and I wish I had gotten the chance to know her.
Karen
http://oc.citymommy.com
I am so sorry for all those that feel the loss of their beloved friend Jewelyn. I will send over a donation and all coupons that cross my path.
T&P to Jewelyn's family & friends
Rockstar Cash
The love of my life... Baby Cash (1st Bday)
Hello from Nor Cal. I am so sorry to hear about this incredible loss.
I wanted to suggest contacting the Liz Logelin Foundation, which is a foundation set up to help widows/widowers with dependant children. It was set up by Matt Logelin who lost his wife Liz, the day after she gave birth to their first child. Philip would surely qualify.
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Thank you. I spoke with Matt on Sunday and he is going to help!
After 2 rounds of IVF & 2 rounds of FET, we were blessed with identical twin girls!