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November is National Adoption Awareness Month , and I am posting every day on my main blog Daily Bastardette, then re-posting appropriate blogs to here or Bastard Nation. This blog was posted originally on DB on November 23, 2024.
Within the last 6 weeks, Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc Founder/CEO Monica Kelsey received awards for what these days passes for humanitarian service. That is, encouraging girls and women to conceal pregnancies, forego pre and post-natal care and safe delivery, and the dump and run anonymous “legalized” newborn-abandonment-by box-in-the-firehouse-wall schemes she is attempting to sweep across the country.
In October, Mrs. Kelsey received the Sagamore of the Wabash established by Indiana Governor George F Gates in the 1940s to honor those who have distinguished themselves in service for Indiana. It is the highest honor the Governor can confer. “Sagamore” is an Algonquin word designating a lower chief or a leader among the tribe to whom the true chief would look for advice and wisdom. convince 53 moms to stick their babies in a box and walk away, then surely she can advise Gov. Holcomb on child welfare.
Past recipients include (get this!) Ohio Senator Robert Taft, the Vice President of Ford, and astronaut Gus Grissom. Bay Buchanan, Barbara Bush, George W Bush, Maureen Reagan JGarafield (the cartoon cat) Willie Nelson, Ginger Rogers, David Letterman, Ryan White the teenage boy who became the “poster child for AIDS” in the 1980s, and a passel of lower-level politicians, athletes, academics, celebrities, business developers and leaders. Sadly James Dean has been ignored posthumously
Mrs. Kelsey is on the same level as now George W Bush, the VP of Ford, and Willie Nelson>?We are clearly out of the loop. Hand me that Jack Daniels.
Huzza!
The Royal Neighbors of America a non-profit life insurance organization, with over 275,000 members, chapters, employees, and appointed agents across the country, named Mrs. Kelsey one of 11 “outstanding women leaders of the year” for making a difference in their communities. Mrs. Kelsey’s reward for her good deeds was facilitated through the organization’s Our Nation of Neighbors program, whose goal is to “uplift women who are passionate about building stronger, more resilient communities.” She received a grant of $10,000 to be used to “raise awareness and expand safe surrender locations.” News of the award and grant has not been announced by SHBB Inc as far as I can tell. At least not on Facebook.
The list of the 10 other recipients suggests they are indeed worthy recipients for building local programs regarding food insecurity, domestic violence, mental health, women’s physical fitness, life skills for youth, self-esteem for girls, workshops to empower girls with interests in construction, STEM, real estate, and entrepreneurship, access to period products, and confidence building. Where do baby boxes come into this? They don’t.
I am floored.
Crossposted from Daily Bastardette
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