October 19, 2007

BROOMALL, PA – Main Line Mothers of Multiples Club delivered a check for $8,000 to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia today. The money will help families utilizing CHOP’s new Special Delivery Unit for the very highest-risk births.

Main Line MOMs, a support group for mothers of multiples which meets in Broomall, PA, raised the money by hosting a statewide convention for mothers of multiples. Over 400 mothers of twins, triplets, and quadruplets from all across Pennsylvania attended the weekend-long event.

“Many of our members have had the experience of delivering their babies early, and having their preemies whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit” said Carole Costello of Media, PA. Ms. Costello, mother of eight-year-old triplets, was a co-chair of the fundraising effort. “In the most difficult cases, one or more of the babies may be moved to a different hospital while the mother is still recovering.”

The Special Delivery Unit at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is scheduled to open in July 2008 and will be the only facility of its kind in the world. Mothers will be able to deliver and recover right at CHOP, where their babies will receive immediate specialized care.

“We are enormously proud to have a connection with CHOP and the Special Delivery Unit,” said Joslyn Gray of Drexel Hill, PA. Ms. Gray, a fundraising co-chair and former president of Main Line MOMs, is the mother of six-year-old twins and two singletons.

“Many members of our club put in a lot of hard work to raise this money, because it’s something we feel strongly connected to,” said Ms. Gray. “Our club is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. We’re so glad we can honor that history by contributing to a facility that will offer extraordinary care to babies, their moms, and their families, long into the future.”