Blessing Ceremony of Lawrenceburg Safe Haven Baby Box

A BLESSING CEREMONY OF THE LAWRENCEBURG SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX WAS HELD TODAY (JUNE 11TH) AT 2 AT LAWRENCEBURG FIRE STATION ONE. THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX WAS PURCHASED THROUGH LOCAL DONATIONS TOTALING $30,643.71. THE BOX WAS INSTALLED AT THE FIRE STATION ON WEST GAINES STREET WHERE IT WILL BE MONITORED AROUND THE CLOCK. IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, A MOTHER HAS TWO WEEKS TO SURRENDER A NEWBORN, ANONYMOUSLY AND WITHOUT FEAR OF PROSECUTION.  IN LAWRENCE COUNTY, BOTH THE LAWRENCEBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM-LAWRENCEBURG ARE DESIGNATED AS SAFE HAVEN CENTERS. THE BOX IS CLIMATE CONTROLLED WITH AN ALARM THAT ALERTS THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND 911 WHEN A BABY HAS BEEN SURRENDERED. THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOX IN LAWRENCEBURG MARKS THE 235^TH LOCATION IN THE NATION AND THE 7^TH IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

Baby Box Blessing