Did You Know That the Lucky Fin Project (LFP) Has Sent Handmade Bracelets All Over the World to Individuals with Limb Differences and Their Families?
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Did you know that since July 2010, The Lucky Fin Project (LFP) has sent over 800 handmade bracelets all over the world to individuals with limb differences and their families?
Molly Stapleman’s daughter, Ryan, was born in 2007 with Symbrachydactyly (a partially developed hand with missing or incomplete fingers).
“More often than not, I’ve found that little or no information is provided to new parents when their child is born with a limb difference. This can leave parents feeling frustrated, scared, alone and vulnerable. And I feel the lack of information causes a lot of unnecessary worry, when parents should be focusing on the healthy arrival of their precious child. When I was in the hospital, after Ryan was born, they came in to show me how to feed, bathe and change her- but no one came to see if we had any questions about her hand or offer any reassurance. Parents shouldn’t have to go home and Google.”
By the end of this summer, Molly plans to continue spreading Lucky Fin Love through her limb difference awareness bracelets and products while venturing into other areas of the LFP mission to educate, celebrate, support, and unite. Her summer plans include creating educational literature about limb differences so hospitals and physicians can give new parents the support and resource information she never received. She has also started an email and Facebook campaign to get the Lucky Fin Project onto the Ellen Show.
You can show your support of The Lucky Fin Project and receive a bracelet by making a $10 donation. You can also follow them on Facebook.
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This post originally appeared on our July/August 2011 Magazine
