Governor Rod Blagojevich is declaring April 3rd Save Abandoned Babies Day in Illinois! It's a day dedicated to public awareness of Illinois' Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act and its goal: to prevent the deaths of newborn infants by providing parents with a safe mechanism for anonymously relinquishing a newborn baby.
April 3rd marks the anniversary of the first baby to be safely relinquished under the Act in April of 2002. It is also a day to celebrate the lives of twenty-nine additional infants who were relinquished legally while remembering the twenty-three babies found dead and the twenty-two babies abandoned in unsafe places since the Act was signed into Illinois law in 2001.
This year the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation is sponsoring a Poster Contest in celebration of Safe Haven Day. Chicago high school students have been asked to participate. Winners and cash prizes will be awarded to the student winners along with matching cash awards for the art departments of their schools by Mrs. Illinois at a Press Conference at the Thompson Center. The contest asked students to create art defining the Safe Haven Act. Local artist and illustrator, DJ Hancock, and mosaic artist, Valerie Fuqua are serving as judges along with members of the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation. Mr. Hancock and Ms. Fuqua are creating their own artwork celebrating the Safe Haven Act, to be hung alongside the student winners' submissions.
For more information you can check out www.saveabandonedbabies.com
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