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2 newborns surrendered at Indiana Safe Haven Baby Boxes within 48 hours of each other
Two Indiana newborns were surrendered this past week in Safe Haven Baby Boxes installed at firehouses: one in Indianapolis, the other in Elkhart.
ELKHART, Ind. - Two Indiana newborns were surrendered this past week in Safe Haven Baby Boxes installed at firehouses: one in Indianapolis, the other in Elkhart.
The boxes are not allowed in Illinois, but there are now more than 100 boxes installed at hospitals, police stations and fire stations across the country, where parents can surrender their newborns, no questions asked. And that happened twice in just 48 hours this past week in Indiana.
On Monday, the boxes' creator had a message to the parents.
"To the parent who walked up to this baby box last week, thank you," said Monica Kelsey, Founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes. "Thank you for keeping your child safe, thank you for doing what you thought you could for your child."
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Kelsey said the boxes worked flawlessly, immediately alerting on-site staff at both fire stations via the device's alarm system.
"Your child was picked up from this baby box in less than 60 seconds. Your baby was transported to the closest local hospital," said Kelsey.
There are now 109 Safe Haven Baby Boxes installed throughout the country. Illinois also has a Safe Haven Law where parents can surrender unharmed newborns at police stations, fire stations and hospitals, but the babies have to be surrendered to another individual.
Both newborns surrendered this past week in Indiana are reportedly healthy, and now the Indiana Department of Child Services is looking for forever families for both of them.