The Little Angel Fund, Inc. is a non-profit, tax exempt
organization, established in March of 1984 by Jenny and
Joseph Tranfaglia in memory of their daughter, Amanda Rose.
Amanda was born 16 weeks premature and after a 33 day
struggle for life, she died. Our efforts to offer
information, increase awareness, educate, comfort, and
listen, have not been in vain. For if we help only one
family, then our mission has been accomplished.
The Little Angel Fund consists of a group of parents helping
parents through a difficult time in their lives. Our purpose
is to make life a little easier and more comfortable for the
premature and seriously ill infants and their families,
while they are in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, after they
graduate from the NICU and to act as a source of help and
support for the bereaved. We are dedicated to supporting,
educating and caring throughout the NICU experience.
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The Sparacio Family, for the third time, has decorated their
house for the Christmas Season. All donations are given to
the Little Angel Fund in honor of their NICU Grad, Kaelynne.
You must see their house! It is just magical and spectacular.
Take the time and visit 75 Lakeside Dr. in Farmingville, N.Y.
and make a donation. We want to thank Mike, Kim and all their
family and friends for all their hard work and dedication. We've
added a Photo Gallery, but the
photos just don't do it justice, so stop by for a visit!
A special note of thanks to PSA Security for volunteering to patrol the
house over the season to keep it safe!
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- Maintain an up-to-date file containing printed
material on various subjects dealing with
prematurity, subsequent high risk pregnancy,
grief and bereavement.
- Provide a support network of volunteers to
operate a telephone referral/information
program.
- Offer matched Parent to Parent Listeners for
parents who wish to talk to someone with similar
experiences.
- Publish a Newsletter twice a year to serve as a
vehicle for parents and families to share their
feelings and experiences.
- Organize and sponsor fund raisers to raise money
for local area Neonatal Intensive Care Units,
especially at the University Hospital and
Medical Center in Stony Brook, NY.
- Offer High Risk and Bereavement Packets.
- Participate and sponsor conferences, workshops
and lectures in order to obtain information.
- A Welcome Gift Packet is given to every baby
admitted into the NICU at Stony Brook University
Hospital.
- A Discharge Gift Diploma is presented to every
baby discharged from the NICU at Stony Brook
University Hospital.
- On discharge, at the discretion of the unit
social worker, families in need will be given layette sets
You can volunteer for one of our committees -- please contact us for details and more information!
- NICU Monthly Volunteer Visits
- Hat Brigade
- Blanket Brigade
- Newsletter Committee
- Fund Raising Committee
- Discharge Diploma Committee
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March 5, 2009 -- Congratulations to the Little Angel Fund for being chosen by Ace Hardware
in their New Faces for Helpful Places contest. Thanks to Carmen
DiBartolomeo, who nominated our group in the Ace Hardware Room Make-over,
the office used for the Little Angel Fund will receive a $10,000 make-over
on March 10, 2009. We were chosen out of 2,600 nominees. We want to
express our appreciation to Carmen and to Ace Hardware for this great
honor.