Emilia's Wings

Emilia's Wings seeks to advocate for families suffering from all forms of pregnancy and infant loss. We raise funds to equip and enable area hospitals to improve the experiences and outcomes of pregnancy and infant loss patients. We aim to recognize and support other organizations that make a positive impact in their communities surrounding perinatal loss.

Our philanthropic project is to raise funds to provide CuddleCots to area hospitals. A CuddleCot is an in-room cooling unit that is the size of a small humidifier disguised inside of a Moses basket. This gift of time allows precious hours for bonding, pictures, plaster molds to be taken and other family members to come and meet the baby before the natural changes that occur in death become more apparent. When grieving parents are forced to say hello and goodbye to their child, all the time in the world is never enough. Our wish is for every deceased infant and his or her family to be given the gift of time. We also provide local and nationwide resources to families to help aid them on their journey through healing and grief.

Emilia's Wings is supported in our mission by the generosity of donors within our communities. We use our first-hand knowledge of the grieving process to create reading materials and other resources to aid those who have suffered a loss. We have a website and a social media presence that we used to raise awareness and to distribute materials.

We coordinated a walk at an area hospital for families who have suffered a perinatal loss to honor and remember their children. We have raised 80% of the funds necessary to date to provide a CuddleCot to North Kansas City Hospital. We have also provided a monetary donation to fund the creation of a bereavement room to bring comfort to parents and families of recently deceased babies during their hospital stay. We crochet hats and bonnets for area hospitals to be provided to stillborn babies. We hope to expand our efforts as our organization continues to grow. Beginning in the summer of 2018, we will provide a memorial scholarship to high school graduates seeking a college education.