Welcome
Hello and welcome to the Gainesville-Ocala Stork Delivery Initiative’s new website!
The Gainesville-Ocala Stork Delivery Initiative seeks to ensure that all pregnant women in Gainesville/Alachua County and Ocala/Marion County have access to the necessary baby gear, essentials and safety tools needed to make certain their newborn babies have the best possible start at life.
On average some 6,500 babies are born to residents in the Greater Gainesville-Ocala area each year. Of those births, nearly 60% (that’s 3,900 babies) are born into families that are either uninsured, underinsured or living below the poverty level. These families are often faced with the difficult decision of how and whether to pay their rent, utilities and other household expenses or purchase basic baby necessities. Some of these mothers and their children simply have no place to go or rely on temporary and/or transitional housing after giving birth. No family should be tasked with these decisions when welcoming a new baby into the world. The Gainesville-Ocala Stork Delivery Initiative exists to address this critical and time sensitive need.
Our site is brand new, so you will continue to see changes to our content in the weeks to come. We welcome you to continue to check our site regularly for new updates about the Gainesville-Ocala Stork Delivery Initiative (GOSDI).
Should you need additional information about this new program or wish to join us in our endeavors, please feel free to contact our project coordinator, Johanna M. Livingston at (352) 217-9820 or flstorkdelivery@bellsouth.net; or you may also contact Mary Gibson, Business Director, Florida School of Traditional Midwifery/Birth Center of Gainesville at (352) 372-4784 or BCOG@mail.org. We hope to hear from you soon!
Recent News
12/1/2009 - New Website Launch
Have you heard? There’s an exciting new community outreach project in the Gainesville-Ocala area benefitting newborn babies and their mothers – The Gainesville-Ocala Stork Delivery Initiative. With the launch of our new website you will be able to find out about our latest program developments and accomplishments all at the click of a button.