For the 30,000 babies born premature in Canada each year, your support is truly
One of a Kind.
Partner With Us
Help change the story for 30,000 premature babies born each year in Canada.
Every partnership helps us empower families with education, advocacy, and support because no one should face the NICU journey alone.
What we accomplish together
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Raise awareness and advocate for policies that support the needs of NICU babies and their families.
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Develop educational resources for families of premature babies.
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Participate in research and quality improvement projects designed to lessen the impacts of prematurity on babies and families.
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Offer mental health resources, peer support groups and counselling for families of premature babies.
Your partnership means more:
more support, more answers, more connection.
Let’s connect about the advantages of partnering with CPBF:
Fabiana Bacchini, Executive Director – fabiana@cpbf-fbpc.org
Kira Vallance, Director of Operations – kira@cpbf-fbpc.org
Thank you to our current partners from the bottom of our hearts, on behalf of the whole CPBF team and families of premature babies nationwide who have benefitted from their partnership.
Our Partners
Silver partners
Our Project Sponsors
Past Sponsors
Abbvie
Chronically Simple
Mallinckrodt Canada
McArthur Medical Sales Inc.
The Lawson Foundation
The Sandra Schmirler Foundation
Gluckstein
Rotary Etobicoke
Arpeg
Upseat
Inopro
Bell Let's Talk
Prolacta Bioscience
Petit Lem
Grants
General Mills Foundation Hometown Grant-making Program
Kingsway Humber Kiwanis
The Mathisen Family Foundation
The Sandbox Project
Collaboration
International Collaboration
In-Kind Sponsors
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Some of the important work we have done with their financial support and expertise in 2012-18 includes:
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conduct a major environmental scan, Premature Birth in Canada
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launch Canada’s only national peer support network for NICU families
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develop a training program for NICU peer parents (and conduct training sessions across the country)
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launch a microgrant program for hospitals and community centres that want to run peer support groups for NICU families
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create Welcome to the Club booklets for NICU families which are now available in 10 different languages for free download
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give out yearly bursaries to NICU graduates who are now moving on to higher education
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work with the Ontario government to ensure NICU families could access funding for pumps and that every NICU baby could benefit from an exclusive human milk diet
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deliver a webinar series in collaboration with Children’s Health Network (former CAPHC) and Life with a Preterm Baby
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publish a book, Early Beginnings, containing inspirational family stories and send it to NICUs across Canada
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expand the celebration of World Prematurity Day into a fully national celebration
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ensure NICU families are eligible to receive specific government benefits by working with the Federal Government on benefit design, system improvements and service delivery
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sponsor the first ever #NICUFilmFestival, which saw 5 hospitals receive grants to support the creation of educational programming for NICU families
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create and distribute educational content for families about common winter illnesses including RSV
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develop our printables program which helps NICU families and staff celebrate preemie milestones
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collaborate on more than 45 major research initiatives in Canada and internationally to improve outcomes for infants born preterm
We are so grateful to all of our supporters; we couldn’t do this without you!
We also wish to acknowledge our sponsors, who by providing us with unrestricted educational grants have enabled us to accomplish so much in support of NICU babies and families.
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact us.