by Kelli Kelley | May 11, 2021 | News
Hand to Hold has experienced tremendous growth over the past decade. We’ve expanded from a small organization focused on support of NICU families in Austin, TX to serving tens of thousands of NICU parents annually across the country and around the world. In...
by Kelli Kelley | Jan 4, 2021 | News
“Storms are opportunities for growth, revelation and miracles.” Early in the pandemic, I wrote this quote on a bright orange sticky note and stuck it on my desk by my home computer so I’d see it every day. I don’t remember where I heard it. But it has been a...
by Kelli Kelley | Oct 12, 2020 | News
Hand to Hold is celebrating our 10th Anniversary – a major accomplishment given that almost a third of nonprofits never reach this major milestone. According to Forbes, over half of all nonprofits chartered are destined to fail or stall within a few years due...
by Kelli Kelley | Aug 31, 2020 | NICU Life
In the NICU, I was told it was important to bond with my baby. But I did not know how to bond with a child I couldn’t feed, hold or bathe. One that weighed a little more than a pound and was clinging to life on a respirator. I was so scared to touch him because I knew...
by Kelli Kelley | May 29, 2019 | Life after the NICU
High school graduation is an emotional experience for parents. Possibly even more so when the child was born preterm or with special health care needs. But unlike a lot of my friends who are expressing how sad they are that their child will soon leave for college and...