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ABOUT US

The Little Angel Fund, Inc. is a non-profit, tax exempt organization, established in March of 1984 by Jenny and Joseph Tranfaglia in memory of their daughter, Amanda Rose. Amanda was born 16 weeks premature and after a 33 day struggle for life, she died. Our efforts to offer information, increase awareness, educate, comfort, and listen, have not been in vain. For if we help only one family, then our mission has been accomplished.

The Little Angel Fund consists of a group of parents helping parents through a difficult time in their lives. Our purpose is to make life a little easier and more comfortable for the premature and seriously ill infants and their families, while they are in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, after they graduate from the NICU and to act as a source of help and support for the bereaved. We are dedicated to supporting, educating and caring throughout the NICU experience.


Our Services
  • Maintain an up-to-date file containing printed material on various subjects dealing with prematurity, subsequent high risk pregnancy, grief and bereavement.
  • Provide a support network of volunteers to operate a telephone referral/information program.
  • Offer matched Parent to Parent Listeners for parents who wish to talk to someone with similar experiences.
  • Publish a Newsletter annually to serve as a vehicle for parents and families to share their feelings and experiences.
  • Organize and sponsor fund raisers to raise money for local area Neonatal Intensive Care Units, especially at the Stony Brook Children's Hospital in Stony Brook, NY.
  • Participate and sponsor conferences, workshops and lectures in order to obtain information.
  • A Welcome Gift Packet is given to every baby admitted into the NICU at Stony Brook Children's Hospital.
  • A Discharge Gift Diploma is presented to every baby discharged from the NICU at Stony Brook Children's Hospital.
  • On discharge, at the discretion of the unit social worker, families in need will be given layette sets.
  • A bereavement box is offered to families who experience a loss in the NICU.


How Can You Help?
You can volunteer for one of our committees -- please contact us for details and more information!
  • NICU Monthly Volunteer Visits
  • Hat Brigade
  • Blanket Brigade
  • Newsletter Committee
  • Fund Raising Committee
  • Discharge Diploma Committee
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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Jan 31, 2024
Little Angel Fund 40TH Anniversary Picnic

Remind Me!This year the Little Angel Fund will celebrate 40 years of service. To commentate these years of help and support we will have a get together in a park in the summer. Invitations will be mailed out when all the details are finalized. Keep checking this website for updates. Hope to see you there.
(Click here to request an event reminder!)
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--Jan 31, 2024
Thank you to Terry Biaggi for making 40 beautiful quilts for the babies in the NICU at Stony Brook Hospital. They were given out in January. The parents and staff appreciate your time and talents.
(Click here for details!)
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--Jan 31, 2024
We want to take this opportunity to thank a number of special groups and individuals for volunteering their time and talents to make hats and blankets, assemble toys and gift bags, and bring them to the babies in the NICU at Stony Brook Hospital.
(Click here to learn about these special people!)
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--Jan 31, 2024
We want to express our appreciation to Marie Martin and the members of the Town of Smithtown Senior Citizens for knitting beautiful holiday hats and blankets for the babies in the NICU at Stony Brook Hospital.
(Click here for details!)
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--Oct 17, 2023
Thank you to George as Elyse Sheehan for making the NICU visit last month to deliver hats, blankets, and toys to the babies. We're looking forward to more volunteers being able join the Monthly Visit Volunteer Committee.
(Click here for details!)
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--Oct 16, 2023
Our good friends and benefactors from Island Budokan with Sensei Dan Hayes held a Dojo National Clinic. They raised and donated $190. We thank Dan Hayes, parents and students for their continued help and support. On November 18 they will hold a bigger main event to raise donations for the Little Angel Fund.
(Click here for details!)
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--Oct 15, 2023
Thank you to the Town of Smithtown Senior Citizens Dept for sharing their time and talents by making lovely hats and blankets for the babies in the NICU at Stony Brook Hospital. Special note of thanks to Marie Martin for delivering them to us.
(Click here for details!)
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--Sep 11, 2023
You are cordially invited to attend Invitational Island Budokan Youth Charity SKWH Clinic and Competition at ISLAND BUODKAN DOJO on Saturday, September 16, where we hope to raise awareness and support for the Little Angel Fund.
(Click here for details!)
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