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Many people ask, "How did
Operation Special Delivery get started?"
There's no short answer to that question, so here's the
low-down.
Like many people,
Patricia Newton, a doula in southern New Jersey, felt
the need to personally respond to the tragedies of
September 11, 2001. Being a childbirth professional, she
immediately saw the U.S. military and their families as
indirect victims of the attacks. Because she was
geographically located between Washington, D.C. and New
York, she asked nearby doulas via the internet if they
would be willing to donate their services to any
pregnant woman who either lost her partner on 9-11, or
would be giving birth without the presence of her
partner due to future deployments.
The
response was overwhelming. Not only did doulas on the
East Coast enthusiastically respond, but within one
week, doulas from twenty states wanted to jump on the
bandwagon.
After
growing too large for one person to maintain, Patricia
Newton offered the OSD program to CAPPA, the Childbirth
and Postpartum Professional Association, (http://cappa.net)
as of January 1, 2005. Patricia knew that CAPPA would
take good care of the OSD program, due to our
professionalism, care, excellent leadership team, and
premier evidence-based doula, childbirth, lactation, and
postpartum training and certification programs.
Most of
all, CAPPA fully supports the United States Military,
its operations worldwide, and its families.
Today,
CAPPA's Operation Special Delivery continues to maintain
the integrity of its program and of the doula profession
by serving as many military families who desire our
services as possible.
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