About 120,000 babies (1 in 33) in the United States are born each year with birth defects.   A birth defect is an abnormality of structure, function or metabolism (body chemistry) present at birth that results in physical or mental disabilities or death. Thousands of different birth defects have been identified. Birth defects are the leading cause of death in the first year of life.

January is National Birth Defects Prevention Month.  The National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) is a group of individuals involved in birth defects surveillance, research, and prevention. It was created to establish and maintain a national network of state and population-based programs for birth defects surveillance and research. The Network assesses the impact of birth defects upon children, families, and health care; identifies factors that can be used to develop primary prevention strategies; and assists families and their providers in secondary disabilities prevention.

Birth Defect Research for Children, Inc. (BDRC) is a non-profit organization that provides parents and expectant parents with information about birth defects and support services for their children. BDRC has a parent-matching program that links families who have children with similar birth defects. BDRC also sponsors the National Birth Defect Registry, a research project that studies associations between birth defects and exposures to radiation, medication, alcohol, smoking, chemicals, pesticides, lead, mercury, dioxin and other environmental toxins.

So many of us want to help!  Here is a delightful boutique located in sunny Montecito California that does far more than just help.    Adrianna a former pharmisist is the proud owner of  Summer for Kids and she is passionate about children, their safety and education.  She understands the crucial importance of buying safe smart products for our children.  Her boutique consciously sells only products that promise to be safe, organic, healthy and educational for our kids.

 

Impressively, Summer For Kids donates 100%  of the stores profits to children’s local charities!  Very impressive right?!   Shopping at this boutique not only supports charities it gives you a huge piece of mind!  Invaluable piece of mind, knowing anything you buy has carefully been selected by Adrianna.  You can trust her boutique has your child’s very best interest at heart.

 

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