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WHAT: The Ninth Annual Stork’s Nest Baby Shower, hosted by students at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center’s (Ï㽶ֱ²¥) Anita Thigpen Perry School of Nursing.

WHEN: 12:30 to 3 p.m. April 15 (Friday)

WHERE: International Cultural Center, 601 Indiana Ave.

EVENT: The Lubbock Chapter of the Stork’s Nest serves a vital community role in increasing the number of Lubbock women and teens who receive early and regular prenatal care to give babies a healthy start.

Last year’s event organizer Linda Brice, R.N., Ph.D., associate professor in the Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Perry School of Nursing, and her students, with the help of the Lubbock community, raised more than $74,500 in new baby items and monetary donations.

The Stork’s Nest is a national cooperative project of the March of Dimes and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. The project is now also a part of the Larry Combest Community Health and Wellness Center, a nonprofit nurse managed primary health care center operated by the Ï㽶ֱ²¥ Perry School of Nursing. In addition, First Texas Bank, 6811 Indiana Ave., has signed on as a major co-sponsor of the shower for a second year.

For more information, contact Brice at (806) 241-3652.

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