Mother’s Day is often pictured as a day spent at home, holding your baby and celebrating with family. But for moms with a baby in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), it can look very different—sitting beside an incubator, listening to monitors, waiting for updates, and hoping for the day they can finally bring their little one home.

These moms may be recovering from childbirth while facing fear, exhaustion, and uncertainty. They celebrate milestones that others might never have to think about: a first time holding their baby, a first feeding, or one less tube. In the middle of caring so deeply for their child, their own needs can easily be pushed aside.

Helping Hands for NICU Moms exists to remind these mothers that they deserve care, too.

Now entering our fourth year, we are working to provide 75 care baskets to NICU moms in Southwest Idaho for Mother’s Day 2027. Filled with comforting and practical items for moms and their babies, each basket carries a simple message: we are thinking of you, your journey matters, and you do not have to feel forgotten on this special day.

A basket cannot take away the uncertainty of a NICU stay or bring a baby home sooner. But it can offer a moment of comfort. It can give a mother something that is just for her and remind her that people in her community care about what her family is going through.

Our community fundraising dinner and silent auction will help make these gifts possible. The money raised will help us purchase items for moms and babies, along with baskets and the supplies needed to assemble them with care.

Whether you attend our dinner, make a donation, contribute an item, or share our campaign, you are helping us show up for these families. Every contribution helps us reach another mother with kindness during a time when she may need it most.

Thank you for helping us make Mother’s Day a little brighter for 75 NICU moms.

NICU basket fundraising dinner

Team Members