Wild Family Event at the Beardsley Zoo

Calling all local parents of premature babies and their children, families and friends!! The Tiny Miracles Foundation, Inc. (TTMF) invites you to the 2nd annual “Wild Family Event” at The Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport, CT on Sunday, September 28, 2014, from 4:30-7pm to support their programs and services helping premature babies and their families throughout Fairfield County.

Tickets to the event include private access to the zoo and viewing of all the animal exhibits. Ticket holders will be able to ride the carousel and also purchase dinner at specialty food trucks being brought in for this event. Food trucks will be located right outside the carousel to sell dinner to all the guests and include MeltMobile, Bodega Taco Truck, Chef Johnson, Snappy Dawgs, Mister Softee of CT and PJ’s Italian Ices. In addition, teen DJ Bucko will spin tunes from the stage for the kids and adults to enjoy. Event tickets will cost $10 for any guest 2 years old and over and can be purchased in advance at ww.ttmf.org or at the door.

The Tiny Miracles Foundation (TTMF) is a volunteer-based non-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive support and assistance to families with premature infants in the greater Fairfield County, Connecticut area, and to helping our local neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) provide the best possible care for premature patients and their families. TTMF strives to improve the lives and outcomes of preterm babies and their families, and addresses a community need that is virtually unmet by any other local, regional or national organization.

Founded in 2004 by two local mothers of severely premature twins, The Tiny Miracles Foundation offers vital support to families facing the crisis of a premature birth. Both of these mothers felt terrified and isolated as they rode the emotional “preemie roller coaster” coping with their fragile babies’ tremendous medical complications and illnesses. While the hospitals provided excellent medical care, the mothers found very little emotional or practical support geared toward helping families with premature babies. From these mothers’ difficult experiences came the birth of TTMF. Through their network of other preemie mothers they had met during their NICU journeys, they created our organization to ensure that no parent of a baby born too early need to face the crisis of a premature birth alone.

Today, The Tiny Miracles Foundation assists over 1,200 local families per year throughout Fairfield County through programs at our four partner hospitals in Stamford, Norwalk, Bridgeport, and Danbury and services to the community at large. These services are delivered by our over one hundred dedicated volunteers and a small support staff. Support provided by TTMF volunteers who have personally experienced the premature birth of a baby, the complications that arise, the challenges families face, and in sad cases, the loss of a precious tiny miracle, is invaluable to these families and is one of the many things that makes TTMF so special.

All proceeds from the “Wild Family Event “ will benefit The Tiny Miracles Foundation, a local nonprofit dedicated to helping families of premature babies in Fairfield County. Early sponsors include: ASD Fitness Center; Broder & Orland; Jennifer Degl; The Godina Family; The Klein Family; The Kunin Family; The Milford Pediatric Group; Pediatric Healthcare Associates; Teamsters Local Union No. 1150 and Village Pediatrics. Our lead media sponsor is Moffly Media.

To learn more about The Tiny Miracles Foundation and their support programs, please go to www.ttmf.org or call our office at 203-202-9714.