CORRECTED press release Safe Surrender (South Pasadena)

 

 

SUPERVISOR MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH     Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, 5th District     869 Hahn Hall of Administration ~ 500 West Temple Street ~ Room 869     Los Angeles, CA 90012                                          www.antonovich.com

       

 

CORRECTED PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Tony Bell, Communications Deputy    Office:  (213) 974-5555   Cell: (213) 215-5176    E-mail:  tbell@bos.lacounty.gov

 

 

August 15, 2008                                                                                              For Immediate Release

 

NEWBORN SAFELY SURRENDERED AT

SOUTH PASADENA FIRE STATION

 

 

SOUTH PASADENA – Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich announced that a newborn child was surrendered at South Pasadena’s Fire Station #81 – the sixth Safe Surrender in Los Angeles County in 2008.

 

The male infant was safely surrendered on August 14, 2008 and will be placed with an approved family by the Department of Children and Family Services.

 

“This is another example of a life saved rather than abandoned,” said Supervisor Antonovich. 

 

To reduce the incidence of abandoned babies in Los Angeles County, the Safe Surrender Program encourages the surrender of newborn babies to designated sites throughout the County.  The program was initiated by Supervisor Knabe and approved unanimously by the Board of Supervisors in 2001.

 

To search for the designated Los Angeles County Safe Surrender sites, call 877-BABY SAFE (877-222-9723) or visit babysafela.org. 

 

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