Aurora Sinai's Project Nikki

Make an online donation to Aurora Sinai's Project Nikki

Each year, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at Aurora Sinai Medical Center cares for up to 80 micro preemies – babies who enter the world weighing less than 3 pounds. Providing these babies and their families with access to state-of-the art technology that supports infant growth and parent child bonding is critical in those first months of life.

We have a special commitment to make sure that every high-risk newborn baby we deliver not only survives but also thrives.

Providing our most fragile babies with access to the best technology available is our highest priority

To support positive health outcomes, Aurora Sinai Medical Center would like to purchase 8 Giraffe OmniBeds®. The unique design of the Giraffe OmniBed provides a state-of-the-art microenvironment that combines the advantages of a double-walled incubator with the easy access advantage of an open bed radiant warmer. The bed easily converts between an incubator and open bed warmer with the touch of a button. This reduces stress on the infant, staff and family members by eliminating the need to transfer the baby between incubators and warmers. Another advantage is that less equipment is needed for care-giving, cleaning, service and storage.

These beds will stop the need to transfer premature infants, at risk for complications due to their fragile state, from bed to bed, as is the current practice with the older incubators. As the number of NICU patients grows, Aurora plans to replace all of the older units with the highly superior Giraffe OmniBeds.

We are proud to introduce Project Nikki

To help this effort, we are proud to introduce Project Nikki. The initiative will raise contributions to purchase beds, while increasing community understanding about Aurora Sinai Medical Center's NICU.

The NICU provides a quiet, secure setting equipped with advanced technology that ensures infants and their parents receive the highest quality care possible. Last year, Aurora Sinai delivered 2,830 infants; of these, 360 were special needs and premature babies cared for in the neonatal intensive care unit. The introduction of Giraffe OmniBeds will move the NICU a significant step forward in its capacity to provide state-of-the-art care to Milwaukee's most fragile infants and their families.

Click here to make an online donation to Project Nikki, or you may mail a donation to:

• Office of Philanthropy
  Aurora Sinai Medical Center
  945 N. 12th St., P.O. Box 342
  Milwaukee, WI  53201-0342

For additional information please contact:

Michelle L. Johnson, MBA
Senior Philanthropy Officer
Aurora Sinai Medical Center
(414) 219-7376
Michelle.Johnson@aurora.org

Make an online donation to Aurora Sinai's Project Nikki