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The AMT Children of Hope Baby
Safe Haven
Foundation was founded by members of the Ambulance Medical Technicians
of the Nassau County Police Department. After a series of cases of
infanticide in Nassau County, the emotional impact began taking its
toll, on ourselves as well as the community. We sought a level of
closure, peace and hope. Looking after these unfortunate victims of a
society gone astray through a dignified burial gave us a sense of
healing from this pain. We turned our focus toward the despondent
people who would commit such a horrible desperate act. Our effort to
enlighten these people to other means of solving their problems is the
driving force of the Foundation.
Without regard to race,
color, age, creed or national origin and in the capacity as EMS
providers, we will help save lives of infants who have been abandoned.
We will act as a Safe Haven and accept newborns from a parent or
guardian who wishes to relinquish custody. We will refer to the
appropriate government agencies and other non-profit social service
agencies capable of providing advice and counsel to pre- and
postpartum persons if the need arises.
Arrangement is made for
the dignified burials of abandoned and unclaimed deceased infants or
children, alone or in conjunction with appropriate governmental
agencies or other charitable organizations.
The Board of Directors
of the AMT Children of Hope Foundation are often asked why they
become involved with pregnant women and answer calls on a crisis
intervention hotline. The simple fact is that burying infants is a
task we hardly look forward to! We understand that desperate people,
who have already decided not to keep their child after birth, may
not know their options. Knowing about our efforts to provide dignity
to an abandoned child may make them feel better in some way; knowing
that their child will "be taken care of" after they abandon them
(which we DON'T want to happen). This may help them to decide to
abandon their child in an unsafe manor rather than to seek an
alternative. Unfortunately, the more notoriety the Foundation
achieves, the more effort must go toward preventing this very
occurrence.
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