Miles in Memory 2018

Dads are the forgotten ones when it comes to baby loss. People ask how is the mum but hardly ask how is the dad. Dads feel they have failed as their role as husband/Partner or as a Dad.

This is our 8th year doing this, so we have 4 parents who will be riding on spin bikes for 54 hours at the Home show in Palmerston North on the 20th to 22nd of July.

Miles in Memory is a way that Dads can do something for their baby and their family. It is a to promote that it is ok to talk about baby loss and Dads grieve too. Miles in Memory is the main fundraiser for Sands Manawatu for the year and this year we are trying to raise funds to redo the Sands room up at Palmerston North Hospital. This is like a motel unit inside the hospital where the family can come together whilst the mum has to stay in the hospital. It has a main bedroom and a kitchen/dining room as well. Most things in this room have gone past its use by date and so we need to redecorate and refurbish it.