Save Abandoned Babies

The village was honored by the Save Abandoned Babies Foundation for being one of the first 100 communities in the state to be in compliance with the recently passed state law where an unwanted infant can be relinquished to personnel at any fire station, police station, or hospital with no questions asked.

Since this bill originally passed (in 2001) there have been 44 safe and legal relinquishments and during that same there have been 49 unsafe abandonments with 24 of those babies found dead. Clearly there is a need for more awareness.