Check made out to:  Gemma's Hope
Address to send check: 6302 Gold Dust Ct Charlotte, NC 28269
A receipt will be emailed or mailed to you once deposited

<div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);margin-bottom:5px;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-size:17px;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="font-family:&quot;ibm plex sans&quot;, sans-serif;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.45;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="line-height:1.45;display:block;box-sizing:inherit"><h1><span fr-original-style="line-height: 1.3; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Roboto;" style="line-height:1.3;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit">Wheeling in Comfort</span></h1></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="font-family:&quot;ibm plex sans&quot;, sans-serif;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.45;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="line-height:1.45;display:block;box-sizing:inherit"><h4><span fr-original-style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(80, 85, 92); font-family: Roboto;" style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(80, 85, 92);font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit">Every parent that finds themselves in the hospital with empty arms after the loss of their precious baby deserves to hear "You are loved, and you are not alone."  One of the ways we want to help share this message is by offering them free books, support resources, and memory making materials so that hospitals are equipped for these last moments between family and baby.  No matter what their journey looks like when they go home, at least they will be able to feel some tangible love through others' donations: You are loved, and you are not alone.</span></h4><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;font-size:17px;line-height:1.45;font-family:inherit;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span fr-original-style="line-height: 1.45; display: inline-block; font-family: Roboto;" style="line-height:1.45;display:inline-block;font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit"> </span></p><h4><span fr-original-style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(80, 85, 92); font-family: Roboto;" style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(80, 85, 92);font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit">Our main project is donating <strong style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">"Bereavement Book Carts"</strong> to local hospitals for easy access for L&D and NICU nurses & staff to roll into a room whenever it's needed.  Nurses feel more equipped to handle an already sensitive situation.  Parents who are grieving the loss of their child(ren) are able to take home any book(s) and grief resource links they feel they need, such as a flyer from the Mother's Milk Bank by WakeMed on how to pump breastmilk after a loss, or a brochure about KinderMourn counseling programs and services.  There are also books for young siblings that explains the grief of losing a sibling, teddy bears to snuggle and remember baby by, and other keepsake materials like little jars to store locks of baby's hair.  Everything on the carts are 100% free to families, but we encourage people to "pay it forward" if they can to keep things sustainable.  For perspective, books cost an average of $10 each, and a complete keepsake box with a teddy bear and all supplies is close to $50 <em>for</em> <em>each </em><em>baby lost</em>.  It costs anywhere from $150-$1,000 to bring these supplies to hospitals for a year, depending on their size. </span></h4><div style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="font-family:&quot;ibm plex sans&quot;, sans-serif;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.45;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="line-height:1.45;display:block;box-sizing:inherit"><p style="text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span fr-original-style="font-family: Roboto;" style="font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit"><strong style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit"><span fr-original-style="font-size: 30px;" style="font-size:30px;box-sizing:inherit">As of today, we have 25 of these carts in 23 hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware with 10 new carts slated before the end of April 2025!</span></strong></span></p></div></div></div></div><div style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="font-family:&quot;ibm plex sans&quot;, sans-serif;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.45;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="line-height:1.45;display:block;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="font-family:&quot;ibm plex sans&quot;, sans-serif;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.45;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="line-height:1.45;display:block;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="font-size:17px;color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="position:relative;box-sizing:inherit;line-height:1.5"><div style="font-family:&quot;ibm plex sans&quot;, sans-serif;overflow-wrap:break-word;line-height:1.45;white-space:pre-wrap;box-sizing:inherit"><div style="line-height:1.45;display:block;box-sizing:inherit"><h4><span fr-original-style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(80, 85, 92); font-family: Roboto;" style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(80, 85, 92);font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit"><strong style="font-weight:700;box-sizing:inherit">We rely on public donor support and local business partnerships to bring this mission to life.  </strong>We are extremely proud that Gemma's Hope is a 100% volunteer run 501(c)3 nonprofit, which means less than 10% of our total budget is operating costs - the rest goes directly towards bringing more resources to families and hospitals.  </span></h4></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(0, 0, 0)"><span fr-original-style="font-family: Roboto;" style="font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit"><br /></span></p><h4><span fr-original-style="line-height: 1.5; color: rgb(80, 85, 92);" style="line-height:1.5;color:rgb(80, 85, 92);box-sizing:inherit"><em><span fr-original-style="font-family: Roboto;" style="font-family:Roboto;box-sizing:inherit">Your donation is very important to us.  We hope you will consider donating to this cause to help bring parents hope during their darkest hours.</span></em></span></h4></div></div></div></div>

<p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91)">We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.  This donation greatly helps our mission. We will now be able to:<br /><br />- Support moms, dads, grandparents, and siblings in their grief journey<br />- Provide hospitals and local libraries with infant loss and grief resources</p><p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91)">-Enhance hospital practices by giving them the keepsake materials they need to help patients</p><p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91)"><br />If you would like to contribute further you can share our cause with your friends and family.  Please reach out if you have any questions about starting a fundraising team or placing a book cart in your local hospital.<br /><br />Ally Shaw</p><p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91)">Executive Director & Gemma's Mama</p><p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91)"><a style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;user-select:auto;box-sizing:inherit">www.gemmas-hope.com</a></p><p style="width:100%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(15, 14, 91)">704.659.4957</p>

<p>Thank you for fundraising with us this year again! Here is more information.<br /><br /></p>

<div><div><div><div><p style="font-weight:bold"><span>Wheeling in Comfort</span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><p style="font-weight:bold"><span>Every parent that finds themselves in the hospital with empty arms after the loss of their precious baby deserves to hear "You are loved, and you are not alone."  One of the ways we want to help share this message is by offering them free books, support resources, and memory making materials so that hospitals are equipped for these last moments between family and baby.  No matter what their journey looks like when they go home, at least they will be able to feel some tangible love through others' donations: You are loved, and you are not alone.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;line-height:1.45;box-sizing:inherit"><span> </span></p><p style="font-weight:bold"><span>Our main project is donating <strong>"Bereavement Book Carts"</strong> to local hospitals for easy access for L&amp;D and NICU nurses &amp; staff to roll into a room whenever it's needed.  Nurses feel more equipped to handle an already sensitive situation.  Parents who are grieving the loss of their child(ren) are able to take home any book(s) and grief resource links they feel they need, such as a flyer from the Mother's Milk Bank by WakeMed on how to pump breastmilk after a loss, or a brochure about KinderMourn counseling programs and services.  There are also books for young siblings that explains the grief of losing a sibling, teddy bears to snuggle and remember baby by, and other keepsake materials like little jars to store locks of baby's hair.  Everything on the carts are 100% free to families, but we encourage people to "pay it forward" if they can to keep things sustainable.  For perspective, books cost an average of $10 each, and a complete keepsake box with a teddy bear and all supplies is close to $50 <em>for</em> <em>each </em><em>baby lost</em>.  It costs anywhere from $150-$1,000 to bring these supplies to hospitals for a year, depending on their size. </span></p><div><div><div><div><p style="text-align:center;box-sizing:inherit"><span><strong><span>As of today, we have 25 of these carts in 23 hospitals in North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware with 10 new carts slated before the end of April 2025!</span></strong></span></p></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p style="font-weight:bold"><span><strong>We rely on public donor support and local business partnerships to bring this mission to life.  </strong>We are extremely proud that Gemma's Hope is a 100% volunteer run 501(c)3 nonprofit, which means less than 10% of our total budget is operating costs - the rest goes directly towards bringing more resources to families and hospitals.  </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:inherit"><span><br /></span></p><p style="font-weight:bold"><span><em><span>Your donation is very important to us.  We hope you will consider donating to this cause to help bring parents hope during their darkest hours.</span></em></span></p></div></div></div></div>

Donate to Gemma's Hope to Give Hope & Help to Parents Who Have Lost A Child

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### Context Profile for Gemma's Hope

1. **Organization Mission & Cause:**
   - **Mission:** Gemma's Hope is dedicated to supporting bereaved families who have experienced pregnancy and infant loss. Their mission revolves around providing resources such as curated book carts, keepsake items, and hospital support to help families navigate their grief.
   - **Cause:** The organization focuses on education and emotional support for families dealing with the loss of a child, aiming to foster healing through community engagement and resource provision.

2. **Type of Activities:**
   - **Events:** 
     - **Cheers to Hope: Annual Gala + Kickoff Party:** A citywide fundraiser that includes a silent auction, signature drinks, and opportunities to sponsor hospital book carts.
   - **Fundraising Campaigns:** The organization conducts various fundraising initiatives to support their mission, including the annual gala and other community events.
   - **Community Programs:** They provide educational resources and emotional support to families, particularly through hospital partnerships.

3. **Tone of Voice:**
   - The tone of Gemma's Hope is **friendly**, **inspiring**, and **supportive**. The language used is warm and inviting, aiming to create a sense of community and connection among supporters and families. The use of exclamation points and emojis adds a casual and uplifting touch to their communications.

4. **Emoji Usage:**
   - Gemma's Hope frequently uses emojis in their communications, particularly in event descriptions and emails. Commonly used emojis include:
     - 🌆 (cityscape)
     - 💛 (yellow heart)
     - 🎁 (gift)
     - 🎟️ (ticket)
     - 🥂 (clinking glasses)
     - 📚 (books)
     - 🎶 (musical notes)
   - Emojis are used to enhance the emotional appeal and create a friendly atmosphere, appearing multiple times in event promotions and email confirmations.

5. **Key Facts:**
   - **Founding Info:** Specific founding details were not available on the website.
   - **Scale:** The organization has conducted a total of 107 forms and 17 email campaigns, indicating active engagement with their community.
   - **Impact Metrics:** While specific metrics were not detailed, the focus on supporting bereaved families suggests a significant emotional and community impact.
   - **Volunteer Info:** Information regarding volunteer opportunities was not explicitly mentioned on the website, but the community-driven nature of their events implies potential for volunteer involvement.

6. **Writing Guidelines:**
   - **Style:** Use a warm, conversational tone that reflects empathy and support. Incorporate friendly language and exclamation points to convey enthusiasm.
   - **Structure:** Keep sentences concise and engaging. Use bullet points for clarity, especially when listing event features or benefits.
   - **Emojis:** Integrate relevant emojis to enhance emotional connection and visual appeal, particularly in event promotions and social media posts.
   - **Personalization:** Use personalized greetings in emails and communications to foster a sense of connection with the audience.

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