These three women are participating in a fundraising event for the Nurses for Newborns Foundation. Anyone doing some shopping in Plaza Frontenac on Saturday December 11, can stop by the tables to have their gifts wrapped in exchange for donations to Nurses for Newborns. The donations will help the nurses who take care of thousands of newborns by feeding and clothing them.
The Foundation began in 1991 with Sharon Rohrbach's vision "to help prevent infant mortality, child abuse and neglect through home based programs that provide education, healthcare and positive parenting skills." If you would to help out, contact them at there St. Louis offices at (314) 544-3433 or their Tennessee offices at (615) 313-9989; or visit the Nurses for Newborns website at www.nfnf.org.
Diapers are just one of the MANY items Nurses for Newborns accepts as a donation for the newborns in Missouri and Tennessee who don't have them.The foundation's main building is located in St. Louis, MO and is a homebase for the number of nurses they have hired to visit numerous homes all over the St. Louis and Nashville areas. They accept everything from diapers, food, toys, winters clothes, shoes and strollers.
The Foundation began in 1991 with Sharon Rohrbach's vision "to help prevent infant mortality, child abuse and neglect through home based programs that provide education, health care and positive parenting skills." If you would to help out, contact them at there St. Louis offices at (314) 544-3433 or their Tennessee offices at (615) 313-9989; or visit the Nurses for Newborns website at www.nfnf.org.
This little child is one of the many babies that Nurses for Newborns Foundation takes care of. Nurses for Newborns is a non-profit organization that hires nurses to take care of newborns with disabilities, teen age mothers, or single mothers who don't have the means necessary to take care of newborn baby. The Foundation began in 1991 with Sharon Rohrbach's vision "to help prevent infant mortality, child abuse and neglect through home based programs that provide education, healthcare and positive parenting skills." If you would to help out, contact them at there St. Louis offices at (314) 544-3433 or their Tennessee offices at (615) 313-9989; or visit the Nurses for Newborns website at www.nfnf.org.
Today I walked into my room, plopped down on my bed and turned the TV on to the latest rerun of That 70's Show. Commercials have always bothered me, so I usually flip to some other mind numbing show and wait for the one I was watching to come back on. But before I changed the channel, this commercial came on. This was not the first time I had seen this commercial, but these particular ads always have my eyes glued to the screen. I don't know what it is about them, but they are just so...American. And Levi's happens to be a staple amongst American clothing. "The campaign will run across TV, print, and digital (with the website launching tomorrow) and, according to executive creative director Susan Hoffman, wants to pay homage to Levi's history, "but also to refresh and reinvent the idea of a pioneering spirit for the times in which we live". "(Creative Review) To target the younger generation and give their jeans a new kick, they used younger actors/actresses and American poet,Walt Whitman's "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" Apparently running, jumping and taking off our jeans/clothes is something that's supposed to kick start a new way of looking at Levi's, but it did its job of getting my attention.
Levi's was founded in 1853. So it's been around the block a few times. With a company as old as this, selling an item like this, a company needs a new idea from time to time. The media plays things out so much that we get tired of seeing ads. This "Go Forth!" campaign didn't catch on with as many other viewers as it did with me, but it was a great start. Levi's recently started looking at the working class in Braddock, Pennsylvania, stating "With support from other pioneering spirits like you, Braddock's own pioneers will have the support and resources they need to continue to create new frontiers."(Levi's)
I enjoyed the other commercials I have seen and the ads I've read in magazines. There's something about them that honestly do make me want to Go Forth! and do something productive, I might even need to run out and get myself a new pair of jeans. Good work, Levi's.
