Each year we partner with the Down Syndrome Association of Jacksonville to present families with a fully stuffed Buddy Basket at their New Baby Breakfast.  Buddy Baskets are filled with new baby essentials, as a way to bless new parents who have welcomed a child with Down syndrome in the past year. 

 

The purpose behind the baskets is to remind these new moms and dads that while they may find themselves surprised by the diagnosis, whether prenatally or at birth, or even if, like many parents, they’re just worried about the future, that their little bundle of joy is just like any other baby, a tremendous blessing. We hope to simply provide some encouragement to celebrate the birth of their child and a reminder that their child is unique, just like every other child and that God has a plan for this perfect little life!