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Article: FACES OF HOPE; Getting that familia feeling; Aid society helps moms feel at home
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 16, 2007
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In her native Mexico, Maria Claudia Ruiz would have been waited
on hand and foot for 40 days in cuarentena as she recovered from the
birth of her son.
Her female relatives would have swarmed around her, taking over
all the duties of the house - cooking and cleaning - and leaving her
plenty of time to rest and bond with her new baby.
Now, far from her native land and living in Milwaukee, Ruiz found
a little piece of home in an unexpected place.
She and other soon-to-be mothers receiving prenatal care at
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center arrived one day to find
special individual packages.
Inside were homemade quilts, hand-knit sweater sets and receiving
blankets, socks, diapers, ...