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POSTPARTUM PROGRESS LAUNCHES NEW & IMPROVED DAILY HOPE
December 2011 — Daily Hope, a first-of-its-kind daily email support service for mothers struggling with postpartum depression, will re-launch on January 10, 2012 in a new and improved format. In partnership with Hopeful World Publishing, Daily Hope has been redesigned with such features as rolling enrollment so moms who sign up don’t miss a single, carefully-crafted message of support and hope. To learn more, click here.
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POSTPARTUM PROGRESS HOSTS FIRST ANNUAL FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN WITH STRONG START DAY
November 2011 — PPI hosted its very first fundraising campaign with a social media blitz called Strong Start Day on October 5th, the day when more children are born than any other day. The organization raised $10,000 in one week simply by reaching out to Twitter followers and blog readers. More than 50 bloggers, including many recognized as the top 100 mom bloggers in the country, wrote articles in support of Strong Start Day, and the story generated more than 1 million impressions on Twitter.
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POSTPARTUM PROGRESS FOUNDER HOSTS PPD TWITTER CHAT WITH MARCH OF DIMES
June 2011 — On Wednesday, June 8th, 2011, Katherine Stone, PPI founder, co-hosted a Twitter chat on postpartum depression with the March of Dimes. Women whose children are born prematurely and spend time in the NICU have a higher risk of developing postpartum depression, so this was an important topic for the March of Dimes audience. The national organization reported that the PPD chat generated its highest traffic ever.
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WOMEN’S WEBSITES COVER MOTHER’S DAY RALLY FOR MOMS’ MENTAL HEALTH
May 2011 — See the great coverage of our Mother’s Day Rally at these popular websites for mothers and bloggers:
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3rd ANNUAL MOTHER’S DAY RALLY FOR MOMS’ MENTAL HEALTH ON MAY 8TH
On Mother’s Day – Sunday, May 8, 2011 – the 3rd annual Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health will be held online, featuring 24 open letters to pregnant and new mothers on the importance of maternal mental health. All of the letters will be written by survivors of and experts on perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, including postpartum depression and postpartum anxiety, as well as others who care about the emotional well-being of moms and moms-to-be. The event will be hosted at Postpartum Progress, the most widely-read blog on postpartum depression and other mental illnesses related to pregnancy and childbirth.
Nearly 1 million women each year suffer from perinatal mood and anxiety disorders in the United States alone. In fact, postpartum depression is the most common complication of childbirth, yet only 15% of women are ever treated. Postpartum Progress and its eponymous non-profit were established to improve awareness of these illnesses and create better services and support for the women who need and deserve them.
Participants in this year’s Mother’s Day Rally for Moms’ Mental Health include moms from the US, Canada, and Mexico:
- Heather King from The Extraordinary Ordinary, winner of a 2010 BlogLuxe Award, and story editor for Story Bleed, @heatheroftheeo
- Becky Harks from Mommy Wants Vodka and Band Back Together, winner of the 2011 Bloggie for Best Kept Secret Weblog,@mommywantsvodka
- Morra Arons-Mele from Women and Work and founder of Women Online, @morram
- Janice Croze from 5 Minutes for Mom, named a top parenting blog by the Wall Street Journal, @5minutesformom
- Morgan Shanahan from The 818, Momversation panelist and BlogHer Entertainment Editor, @the818
- Nish Weiseth from The Outdoor Wife and A Deeper Story, @theoutdoorwife
- Sharon DeVellis from The Yummy Mummy Club, @sharondv
- Kristen Howerton from Rage Against the Minivan and She Posts and winner of an About.com Reader’s Choice Award, @kristenhowerton
- Rebecca Odes, co-author of the pregnancy book From the Hips and The New Mom Blog @rebeccaodes
- Arianne Segerman from To Think Is To Create and the Lifetime Network’s Lifetime Moms @tothink
- Casey Mullins from Moosh in Indy, named one of Babble’s Top 50 Twitter Moms, @mooshinindy
- Katherine Stone, Postpartum Progress, 2008 WebMD Health Hero & 2010 Bloganthropy Award winner, @postpartumprogr
- Grace Parson from Arms Wide Open @ourarmswideopen
- Katie Sluiter from Sluiter Nation and The Red Dress Club @ksluiter
- Joey Fortman from Real Mom in the Media and an iVoice on iVillage, @joeyfortman
- Molly Shalz from A Day in Mollywood, nominee in The Bump’s 2010 Mommy Blogger Awards , @adayinmollywood
- Christine Gleason from Cutest Kid Ever, @cutestkidever
- Emily Elling from DesignHER Momma, @designhermomma
- Molly Balint from Mommycoddle, @mommycoddle
- Maria Lianos from A Mother World, @amotherworld
- Kate Kripke, LCSW from Postpartum Progress
- Susan Petcher from Learned Happiness @learndhappiness
- Jacqueline Green from Great Parenting Practices @jacquelinegreen
- Sonia Murdock, founder of the Postpartum Resource Center of New York and one of Volvo for Life’s Top Heroes of 2005
Postpartum Progress has been named among the top 10 depression websites for several years’ running by Psych Central and won Fit Pregnancy‘s Best of the Web Awards in the Advice category, as well as being a finalist in Scholastic Parent & Child‘s Parent Blogger Awards. Among other places, it has been featured on Babble.com, ParentDish, Cafe Mom’s The Stir, and Health.com.
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WHAT WOMEN WANT GIRLS NIGHT OUT TO BENEFIT POSTPARTUM PROGRESS INC.
The first-ever fundraiser held by another organization for Postpartum Progress Inc. — the What Women Want Girls Night Out, presented by Sassy Shopgirl Events — will be held April 7th, 2011, at the 4Sixty6 Lounge in West Orange, New Jersey (20 minutes outside of NYC).
Grab your girlfriends and spend a night out doing “what women want” — shop, drink & have fun all in one spot. All attendees are automatically qualified to receive a $300 Visa gift card. (The winner will be announced at the event.) The first 100 to arrive will receive gift certificates from some of your favorite beauty products and vendors to look sassy and fabulous this summer!
At Girls Night Out, you can shop more than 40 new & unique designers exhibiting the latest 2011 spring fashions. Enjoy the signature drink, pampering delights and tasty treats while you shop. You can even relax and get a massage from Spa Mobile after a long day at work and a new make-over from Dieci Salon. Hope to see you there for a night of fun benefiting women with perinatal mood and anxiety disorders.
