Thanks to the support from the Skip Cline Society, CuddleCots will help provide the “gift of time” for grieving families of stillborn babies to properly bond with their baby through a cooling pad placed in crib, basket or bed. The cooling device preserves the baby’s body in a bassinet or crib so that he or she can remain up to five days in a hospital room, extending the time families have to bond with infant.

This amazing device shows the location of a patient's veins and helps nurses easily choose a suitable vein to minimize unnecessary sticks.

Amount of 2015 Funding - $9,812

iPads provide direct engagement for children — helping to not only distract the patient, but offer educational games and videos to help children and their parents understand what’s happening while they’re in the hospital.

2013 Funding – $6,800

In 2010 and 2011, Skip Cline Society provided funding for another baby simulator for physician and nurse training and crossed numerous smaller items off the pediatric department wish list!

2010-2011 Funding – $65,122

In the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year Mease Countryside Hospital experienced an increase in children needing to be treated at the hospital. While the hospital’s Child Life team specializes in meeting the psychosocial, emotional, developmental and recreational needs of patients, they desperately needed new toys, games and activities for these kids. Due to an abundance of caution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease, the hospital’s toys and games were being sent home with the families once discharged, rather than trying to disinfect them. This caused an extreme shortage of items available for the kids admitted to the hospital. Thanks to the Skip Cline Society, members helped purchase items from our Amazon Wish List that were distributed to the hospital’s pediatric population.

This grant provided funding to support children in Mease Countryside Hospital’s Emergency Department (ED) with a mobile sensory cart and helped replace the ceiling tiles in the pediatric area so they are more suitable for pediatric patients with sensory issues. These items go a long way towards better serving patients with sensory issues, developmental delays, and those with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

The HALO SleepSack is a wearable blanket which is intended to eliminate the likelihood that a baby can get entangled with clothing and loose bedding during sleep. The SleepSack wearable blanket is sleeveless and is worn over pajamas to take the place of loose blankets. Our funding provides a sleep sack for every newborn to take home for safer sleep.

Amount of 2016 Funding - $46,000

The multi-sensory rover offers a broad range of sensory experience designed to offer Mease Countryside Hospital’s pediatric patients the opportunity to exercise choice. The mobile cart contains a complete sensory environment that can be used for distraction or relaxation.

Amount of 2014 Funding - $21,400

The Giraffe OmniBed for Mease Countryside Hospital is an all‐in‐one neonatal care station providing a developmentally supportive, critical care environment for our high acuity newborns.

Broselow Color Coded Carts facilitate the care of our pediatric patients with the needed medication and equipment in an emergency situation.

Amount of 2012 Funding – $62,901

The BabySim is an interactive baby simulator that helps our caregivers practice assessment and treatment of infant conditions in a realistic learning environment.

2009 Funding – $74,780