Welcome | Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.

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Our Mission

Baltimore Healthy Start Inc. is committed to reducing infant mortality by utilizing a Life Course Perspective for improving the health and well-being of women and their families through the provision of comprehensive, supportive services offered in the communities where they live.

Our Goal is to reduce infant mortality, the death of an infant before the age of one, expressed as the actual number of deaths per 1000 live births. Birth weight is the single most important indicator in infant death. Healthy Start engages pregnant and post partum women and offers services to increase the likelihood of birthing a full term baby.

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CEO Invited to Visit with Secretary Sebellius for a discussion on health reform

click to view the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwdjIYSf3yg

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Want to Win an Apple iPad2 (32 GB)?

Buy a Raffle ticket for $10.00 - call 410-396-7318 ext. 233

Raffle to be held at 5th Cradle of Hope™ Awards Luncheon on March 16, 2012

No need to be present at the luncheon to win

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Please Join Us on March 16, 2012 - for the

5th Cradle of Hope™ Awards Luncheon

11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. - The Forum Caterers, 4210 Primrose Ave, 21215

Tickets: $40.00 - Call 410-396-7318 ext. 233

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Adewale Troutman

Awardees:

►Dr. Michelle Gourdine;

►Delegate Shirley Nathan-Pulliam;

►U.S. Office of Minority Health

Mistress of Ceremony - Denise Koch, WJZ/TV News Anchor

Presenting Sponsor: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield

Participating Sponsors: M &T Bank, Associated Black Charities & PSA Financial Services

Funds will benefit the programs & services of Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.

For tax purposes: the fair market value is $20 and your tax deductible contribution is $20. Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc. is a 501(c)3 organization. For financial statements, contact BHSI at 410-396-7318, 2521 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218, attention CFO. Documents and information submitted to the State of Maryland under the Maryland Charitable Solicitation Act are available from the Office of the Secretary of State for the cost of copying and postage.

Visit our Events Page to Register at

http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=wjuupihab&oeidk=a07e5jic9z4bab21b2b

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Save the Date to Shred Your Stuff with Shred-it

$5.00 per box

April 21, 2012 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

at 2521 N. Charles Street, Baltimore 21218

All proceeds benefit the programs of Baltimore Healthy Start, Inc.

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CDC Panel Approves Lower Threshold For Children's Blood Lead Levels

From 10 ug/dl to 5 ug/dl

On Wednesday (Jan. 4, 2012), the Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning (ACCLP) approved a resolution to lower the reference level for concern for blood lead levels in children from 10 ug/dl to 5 ug/dlhttp://health.usnews.com/health-news/managing-your-healthcare/policy/articles/2012/01/05/experts-endorse-lower-lead-poisoning-threshold. The effects of lead poisoning rob children of their ability to earn, learn and live productive lives. More than 24 million homes in the US contain known lead hazards.

2011 Fall/Winter News Letter (click here)

2010 Annual Report (click here)

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Healthy Start is certified under the Maryland Association of Nonprofits, Standards of Excellence Program, which is bestowed only to the most well-managed and responsibly governed nonprofit organizations that have demonstrated continued compliance with 55 specific Standards for Excellence based on honesty, integrity, fairness, respect, trust, responsibility and accountability.

Cradle of Hope

The Cradle of Hope^TM is Baltimore Healthy Start's public awareness intitiative to inform and mobilize Maryland Residents about issues contributing to infant mortality, low birth weight and pre-term births.

Become a Champion for Healthy Babies

Quick Take

Impact of Online Giving

More than 65 percent of donors use information from the Internet before giving, whether online or offline – and 40 percent always go online before giving, regardless of whether they give online or offline.

Roughly 19 percent of men and women who use the Internet donate to charity online – compared to banking online: 41 percent or shopping online: 67 percent

The number one reason donors say they give online is convenience. Other top reasons include giving quickly at times of crisis, making multiple gifts in one transaction through a giving portal, and seeing their overall giving history.

Online donors are generous. Whether due to income levels, the impulsive nature of online giving or the credit card effect, online donors give significantly more than offline donors.

In 2007, Offline-only donors who also received e-newsletters gave more than twice as much as did offline donors who did not receive electronic communication.

Online giving is growing exponentially each year, from $250 million in 2000 to more than $4.5 billion in 2005.

Source: Center for Nonprofit Excellence, Vol. 11, No. 09, April 27, 2011

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