Moms4Moms is a movement started by Holly Pavlika, who founded Mom-entum, a blog about marketing to Moms using social media and is also executive vice president and managing director of Big Fuel, New York. Its goal is to “really make Mother’s Day about moms” by promoting the allocation of at least some of the money spent on gifts to mothers in need. I, for one, think this movement is sensational and I think it’s important to get involved today. As a mom, as a woman, as someone who cares.
Today on April 27th Moms4Moms is asking for donations. Please visit their Facebook page to make small a cash donations and donate used cell phones. Please read below for more information.
According to Moms4Moms, Americans will spend approximately $14.6 this year on gifts for Mother’s Day, according to the National Retail Federation. Despite this celebration of motherhood, hundreds of thousands of women worldwide during pregnancy and childbirth. The U.S. ranks 50th in terms of maternal health care, meaning that 49% other countries provide better health care.
Did you know?
• One maternal death every 90 seconds.
• 15% of all pregnancies result in complications during labor and delivery and sometimes are fatal.
• Pregnancy is the biggest killer of girls ages 15-19.
• For every woman who dies in childbirth, 20 more suffer from debilitating complications.
• We have the knowledge to prevent 90% of all maternal deaths.
Moms4Moms asks: what if 1% of that $14.6 billion could be given to this cause?
Leveraging the power of social media, Moms4Moms plans to raise awareness and funds for the organization Every Mother Counts. Their new Facebook page “Moms4MomsDay” focuses on two initiatives: micro-donating, which encourages everyone to give as little as $5, and old cell-phone donation through the group Hope Phones, which refurbishes old phones and donates the proceeds.
Holly partnered with the following twelve influential moms and bloggers, many of whom are my friends, to create Moms 4 Moms Day: Erica Diamond womenonthefence.com, Audrey McClelland momgenerations.com, Molly Gold gomominc.com, Beth Feldman rolemommy.com, Niri Jaganath mommyniri.com, Katja Presnal skimbacolifestyle.com, Kelly Loubet everydaychildhood.com, Julie Cole mabelslabels.com, Linda Grant nycsinglemom.com, Katrina Carefoot ficklefeline.ca, Dagmar Bleasdale Dagmar’s momsense and Sherry Aikens babypop.com
These moms are also reaching out to their large social media following to enlist other women to post about Moms4Moms to raise awareness and ask for donations today, as well.
Disclosure: I was not compensated for this post. I truly believe in this cause.
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