Wear a dress, help a baby

Infants born at a very low weight or more than five weeks early are more likely to become introverted, risk averse and neurotic in later life, experts warned.

Infants born at a very low weight or more than five weeks early are more likely to become introverted, risk averse and neurotic in later life, experts warned.

Published Nov 27, 2014

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Cape Town - Up for a challenge? How about wearing a dress every day in the month of December?

Milk Matters. which supplies neonatal intensive care units with donor breastmilk for premature babies - has launched their fundraising drive Dresses for Lives 2014.

They are asking people to raid their cupboards for a frock or two - all in the cause of helping tiny babies get their life-giving breastmilk.

There are four options for getting involved:

* Wear dresses each day in December and get people to sponsor you.

* Sponsor someone you know who is wearing dresses for Dresses for Lives 2014.

* Sponsor one of the Milk Matters Team.

* Make a donation instead of sponsoring per day.

 

If you’re going the dress route, you will need to keep a record to show which days you wore dresses. Ideally this should be a photographic record. Photos from the knees down (or higher if it is a short dress) are fine.

“Sponsors need to see you are really earning their money,” says Jenny Wright, Milk Matters co-ordinator.

“If you can, create an album on your Facebook page so your friends and family can track your campaign”

You can also tweet your pictures, using the hashtag #dressesforlives.

* Contact Milk Matters on https://www.facebook.com/MilkMatters or email them on info@milkmatters.org.

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