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Foley To Install Safe Haven Baby Box At Fire Station

Erica Thomas • April 9, 2025

Foley would be the 16th installation in Alabama

Photo: Safe Haven Box in Tuscaloosa

Foley, Ala. – (OBA) – The city of Foley is poised to be the 16th location in Alabama with a Safe Haven Baby Box.


The baby boxes allow mothers to surrender their newborns for up to 45 days, no questions asked.


The devices are installed at fire stations or hospitals with donations and City funds. The Foley City Council will consider a resolution approving a lease and service agreement with Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Inc. to install a box at a fire station.


Safe Haven Baby Boxes has already agreed to install a box in Foley. The fee to run the box is $15,500 plus $1,101 for shipping.


A law passed by the Alabama Legislature in 2023, sponsored by State Rep. Donna Givens (R-Loxley), made Safe Haven Baby Boxes possible.


Multiple infants have already been surrendered in the boxes across Alabama. Baby boxes are in Mobile (2), Dothan (3), Enterprise, Ozark, Opelika, Prattville, Tuscaloosa, Gadsden, Jasper, Tuscumbia, Athens and Madison.


Founder of Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Monica Kelsey, has brought the devices to 15 states. She said she has made it her life's mission because she was abandoned two hours after birth in 1972.


A date has not been set for the Foley installation


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