Renodin Foundation Board member, Bob Weber visited The Southern Tier Health Care Systems Program – Cribs for Kids – on June 5, 2019. They received a $1,500 grant from the Renodin Foundation in the fall of 2018 for the “Cribs for Kids” program. He met with the President and CEO, Donna Kahm, for a tour of the building and with Jordan and Abby for a presentation on the program. He noted they are all very nice people who intend to submit a new request for the fall of 2019.
Since 2016, this program has given away 378 cribs (about $55 per crib and $5 for a sheet) to mostly younger women and girls who are of lower income levels, lower educational levels, and often single mothers. The cribs are a very nice and designed to grow with the child until about age 2 years, and to be easily portable for visits to Grandma or to a babysitter.
Southern Tier Health Care System is wholly funded by grants. They have multiple offices in several counties and the cribs, designed to prevent SIDS to the extent possible, are a very small part of an education program for young mothers in need. Classes begin 30+ days before their due date, and continue through the early months after birth on a wide range of infant care topics necessary to young women without a lot of support at home.
Bob noted this is a very good program, well worth the Foundation’s funding, and something that the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, NY can be proud of sponsoring.
L-R: Jordan and Abby stand with Donna Kahm, President/CEO of Southern Tier Health Care System in Olean, NY. 
The Dr. Lyle F. Renodin Foundation provided a $1,500 grant to the “Cribs for Kids” Program at the Southern Tier Health Care System enabling the agency to give cribs to mothers in need. 
Jordan and Abby standing next to one of the cribs provided by a Renodin Foundation grant and given to young mothers in need at the Southern Tier Health Care System. 
A STHCS employee demonstrates a Graco Pack ‘n Play crib to an expectant caregiver. 
A banner promoting the Cribs for Kids Program at STHCS Training Center in Olean, NY
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