Roberta Alice Westdyk
April 12, 1919 ~ June 7, 2006
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Roberta Westdyk always treasured the little ones around her, and during
her lifetime, she provided support to many far away.
The Rockabye Foundation was established to honor the memory of Roberta
Westdyk through continuing her efforts to insure that every baby is swaddled,
rocked, and loved.
The mission of The Roberta A.Westdyk Rocakabye Foundation is dedicated
to providing clothing and other items for babies in need throughout the
world by:
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Coordinating efforts of organizations, churches, and individuals to collect
and distribute clothing and other needed baby items to villages and families
in need.
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Connecting those who want to help with those who most need it.
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Raising funds to facilitate shipping costs.
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Shipments of baby clothes from the Rockabye Foundation have been sent
to:
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Belize, Indian Creek Village - September 2006
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Dominican Republic, Puerto Plato - November 2006
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Belize, Punta Gorda - February 2007
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St. Theresa's Clinique, Guinaudee, in the NW Mountains of Haiti, where
newborns will no longer go home naked. - April 2007 and May 2007
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Ebenezer Orphanage, Croix des Bouquets, Haiti. Pastor found several babies
abandoned, under bushes. He has built a wonderful place, now w/45
children, well cared for. - May 2007
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Fond Parisian, Haiti is a very poor village of approximately 900 people
living in stick huts near the Dominican Republic border. The majority of
children are naked there -- even young girls. In August 2007 Rockabye shipped
a large box of young girls clothing.
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In October 2007, 2 cases of infants and children's clothing were shipped
to St. Bonaventure Indian Mission & School, Eastern Navajo Reservation,
Thoreau, NM.
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Summer 2008 - Baby clothing was donated to Helping Hands, Healing Hearts
Foundation" located in Chesterfield, Mo.
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December 2010 - Infant clothing donated to the Robin Raina Foundation,
Alpharetta, GA.
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July 2011 - Infant and Toddler clothing donated to The NY Foundling Center,
NYC, NY.
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Winter-Spring 2012 - Knitted hat project for infants and children, Belize,
C.A.
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