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SENATE MEMORIAL 23

48

TH LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Bernadette M. Sanchez

A MEMORIAL

DECLARING THE MONTH OF APRIL "OPEN YOUR HEART TO NEWBORNS IN

NEED" MONTH.

WHEREAS, each year over five thousand babies are born at

one Albuquerque hospital; and

WHEREAS, many families welcoming new babies into the world

have few resources and little discretionary income to provide

necessities for their babies; and

WHEREAS, car seats, strollers, baby monitors and diapers,

essential for healthy environments in which a baby can survive,

can be collected during an awareness campaign; and

WHEREAS, over forty thousand items for newborns were

collected for the New Mexico newborns in need program last

year; and

WHEREAS, the newborns of New Mexico could greatly benefit

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from a continuation of the program, which pairs parents of

newborns with the items and services they need;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that April 1 to 30 be declared "Open Your Heart

to Newborns in Need" month; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all persons are encouraged to

drop baby supplies off at the university of Phoenix during the

days of the special month-long celebration; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the secretaries of health and human services and

to the governor.

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