A new baby thrives on love and attention.

So does a new mother.

     Many Mothers provides a free service to families with newborns in the Santa Fe area. In today's fast-paced world where families are geographically dispersed or working, families often do not get the help they need. Many Mothers provides a vital service to any family with a new baby - free of charge to all income levels.

      When a family calls, we match one of our skilled volunteers to their needs. The mother may need help with simple things like grocery shopping, housecleaning, reading a story to a sibling or rocking the baby so she can take a shower or rest. No task is too small.

      Many Mothers knows how exhausted and overwhelmed mothers and families can feel after the birth of a baby. We honor the work it takes to bring a child into this world and we nurture the one who did it. The more a mother feels cared for, the more able she is to care for her baby.

 "Nearly all of us receive our first lessons

in peaceful living from our mothers."

HH The Dalai Lama

Did you know that:

• Many Mothers has served over 400 moms, 437 newborns (33 sets of twins,  2 sets of triplets and 2 older adopted children) and 204 siblings.
• Our families are Anglo, Latino, Native American, Asian, and African American
• Our care providers include doulas, midwives, lactation consultants, infant massage therapists, social workers, teachers, nurses, mothers and grandmothers
• In the last year 24% of our moms were single, raising their children alone
• 50% of our families have annual incomes below $30,000
• Many Mothers serves homeless and at-risk young mothers and their children through SF Youth Shelters Mom's Group that meets weekly
• The "Many Mothers Circle" meets monthly for moms to learn from educational presentations and to network for peer support
• Many Mothers supports replication of its program in other communities with its "How to..." guidebook and personal mentoring. New programs are now underway in Albuquerque and Los Alamos, NM and Grand Rapids, MI, with others developing
• The degree of a mother's post-partum depression is inversely related to the amount of support she receives
• Many Mothers' support empowers new mothers and fosters the vital mother/child bond
• Helping families from the very start is preventive and reduces the need for future intervention with its higher societal costs
• Many Mothers collaborates with La Familia to provide gently used newborn clothing, etc to thier families with newborns
• Home visiting programs are proven to improve children's ability to form healthy relationships, succeed at school and earn higher paying jobs, and to increase life expectancy, while reducing juvenile delinquency and substance abuse
• Many Mothers services are entirely free to families and we plan to keep it that way!

For Every Birth, Many Mothers

“If we do not have peace

For information call 505-983-5984
e-mail manymotherssf@gmail.com or write P.O. Box 23222
Santa Fe, NM 87502

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