Bluff City Baby is a an initiative of Literacy Mid-South and its Read901 community-wide literacy campaign. It’s true!
New parents at Methodist South Hospital and Regional One Health receive a backpack with items designed to promote early literacy. You may have heard that parents are a baby’s first and most important teachers. Babies may not come with instructions, but there are four simple and very important things to do that will make a BIG difference in your baby’s healthy growth and development: Touch, Talk, R
01/13/2021
The expansion of this program to include Regional One Health along with Methodist South Hospital will provide books and other early literacy-promoting materials to around 4000 Mid-South families with new babies in 2021! #
Bluff City Baby: Local program promotes early literacy for newborns ""
01/03/2021
Welcome, Bluff City Baby! Introducing Elyan and his proud parents, Natazia and Deshundrick. Elyan was the first baby born in 2021 at Methodist South Hospital. Now housed at Literacy Mid-South, Bluff City Baby has added Regional One Health for 2021!
08/19/2020
Being counted in the impacts critical childhood services for the next 10 years. Don’t forget to count all young children in your home.
Being counted in the impacts critical childhood services for the next 10 years. Don’t forget to count all young children in your home. To learn more about the importance of counting kids in the census visit https://go.usa.gov/xfPHj.
08/01/2020
Prepping "Welcome Bluff City Baby" backpacks for delivery. More than 400 have been given to families with a new baby since January 1!
07/17/2020
Mid-South foundation offers mental health services for new moms, moms-to-be MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The coronavirus pandemic has led to an uptick of mental health services for moms-to-be and new mothers, who are dealing with the stress of taking care of a newborn and stayin…
07/01/2020
NEED DIAPERS?
Our next distribution will be July 11th from 10:00am-12:00pm. Families will receive 1 pack of diapers, wipes, and period pack per child.
Donations can be made at http://bit.ly/diaperrelieffund or Amazon Wishlist http://bit.ly/scdmlist
06/23/2020
It is vital that all young children, including newborns born on or before April 1, 2020, are included when their parents or guardians respond to the census. https://youtu.be/JwhMYO2BRbM
We have partnered with children-focused groups to promote the importance of counting kids in 2020. https://go.usa.gov/xwEex
