11th Annual Walkathon for the Children of Hope

11th Annual Walk-A-Thon
April 2, 2011

Nassau District Order of the Eastern Star is proud to host their
11th Annual Walk-a-thon
to benefit the AMT Children of Hope Foundation Baby Safe Haven

Saturday April 2nd
Registration @ 8 Kick-off @ 8:30
Roosevelt Field Mall at the Mall Court in front of Macy’s

Your tax deductible donation should be made payable to:
AMT Children of Hope Foundation
Bring your checks to the walk-a-thon or send them to:
OES Walk-a-thon
c/o AMT Children of Hope
Nassau County Police Department
1490 Franklin Avenue
Mineola, New York 11501

Walkers, non-walkers, people of all ages are welcome to join us!!!

For further information contact:
Nancy Antonius~Chairwoman nantonius@amtchildrenofhope.com
or
Tim Jaccard at the Foundation Office (516) 781-3511

The AMT Children of Hope 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.