The Treasured Memories Campaign

History of this Campaign

zara hand The LLOST Foundation took on a whole new dimension when our family lost Zara Beth Niblett at birth on December 22, 2007. Zara was dreamed of for many years by her parents, Vicky and Duncan. Every moment that Zara lived was a precious gift to her parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends; we only wish we had gotten to keep her longer.

Our family was cared for by an amazing woman, Tammy Ruiz, and we owe so much of the strengths we have found while grieving to her. She, along with other wonderful nurses, Janet, Maureen and Jen especially, helped to capture many memories that we will treasure forever. The memory box we received from Tammy and all the pictures taken by another amazing woman, Valerie Harte, at Photography with Harte are priceless.

zara stuff We knew when we met Tammy that she was special, what we only learned later is that the type of care she provided us is not mainstream in other hospitals. When the founding members of The LLOST Foundation heard this, we immediately knew we needed to get to work and try to help as many hospitals as we could.

The goal of the LLOST Treasured Memories Campaign is to support families that lose a child during pregnancy or shortly after through our donations to local hospitals that will care for these families. We strive to provide the hospitals with the following:

Supplies to create mementos for families that lose a child. Read more details about the various perinatal bereavement supplies we collect and donate
Perinatal bereavement resources, such as books, that may be helpful to families, as well as the nurses and doctors that are there to help these families during the loss of their child

Treasured Memories Committee

Vicky Niblett
Stephanie Redl
Tammy Ruiz
Dawn Pruitt
Candice Lee
Michelle Blazek
Karla Yingling

New committee members are welcome! Please contact us for more information.

Read about Current and Past Activities of this campaign!