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October 1, 2006: Hero Nurtures Babies While Mothers Recover From Addictions

POSTED: 3:56 pm MDT October 1, 2006
UPDATED: 6:50 pm MDT October 9, 2006

7Everyday Hero Kathy Winn cares for infants and helps their mothers get their lives back on track.

Fort Logan Baby Haven is a program for women who are hooked on drugs, have spent time in prison and are pregnant.

The program helps the moms become productive citizens, nurtures the babies, and ultimately saves taxpayers money.

Winn is among the volunteers who steps in to care for the babies at a time when both they and their mothers really need it.

"She loves our babies. Whenever she's here, the moment I come in I hand her my baby," said new mother Kristine.

Winn volunteers to take care of babies at the day care a couple times a week.

"And that's fun. I enjoy that," said Winn.

Fort Logan Baby Haven is hardly an ordinary day care.

"It's a residential treatment center where moms and babies can live together and recover from their addictions," said Haven program director Dr. Julie Miller. "Many of them come from jail or prison. Others are homeless or they're referred through the department of Social Services."

While Winn is caring for the infants, the babies' moms take classes to get their lives back on track.

"It's a gift, definitely, from God," said new mom Amy.

"The haven is changing my life," said Kristine.

"I think we should support this program because it's so successful," said Winn.

"They go on to get their own apartments and they have jobs and they become productive members of the community," said Miller. "They volunteer, they work, and they pay taxes."

When Winn says she simply "takes care of babies," she's really nurturing many lives at once.

"She's very giving, very caring, very humble," said Miller.

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