OCALA, Fla. – Florida has a sixth Safe Haven Baby Box, a last resort option for women who want to anonymously surrender newborns. Located at 1400 SW 6th Avenue in Ocala, the new location will ...

Baby Zoey. Courtesy Ocala Fire Rescue Station There are 148 Safe Haven Baby Boxes in the U.S., and 31 babies have been safely surrendered, according to the organization’s website.

OCALA, Fla. — Six months ago, a newborn baby girl made history by being the first to be surrendered to Florida's first Safe Haven Baby Box – now baby Zoey has been adopted by her rescuer.

The first Mississippi baby to be surrendered to a Safe Haven Baby Box happened at this location in December 2024, making this ...

Six months ago, an infant was found in the box, located at the MLK First Responder Campus, 505 NW Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. Officials at Safe Haven Baby Box said at the time it was the 23rd baby ...

One detail he learned later from the hospital is that the baby's umbilical cord had been tied off with a shoelace. Baby Zoey as a newborn, shortly after she was left in a Safe Haven Baby Box.

Kelsey brought the baby box to Ocala in 2020 at the request of the mayor, she said, never knowing Zoey would find refuge there but expecting that some baby at some point would. “We’ve had 10 ...

Cord blood is the blood in your baby's umbilical cord and your placenta. It houses potentially lifesaving cells called stem cells, which can develop into mature blood cells, including red blood ...

Most said banking their baby's cord blood felt like a smart safeguard – especially with complex family medical histories in the mix. Cost, convenience, and doctor input mattered.

COLLINS, Miss. (WDAM) - A baby has been surrendered to the Safe Haven Baby Box in Covington County, the second to be ...