Kyra Oliver writes a featured runners essay for the Chicago Marathon (link to Chicago)
Envisioning a World without SIDS: V Magazine Article
"Onesies that save babies’ lives" - Woman’s World Magazine
Infant mortality rate lowest ever in V.A.
2009 State of the Art Ball
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Of all the things that can threaten an infant’s life, SIDS is probably the most confounding. It’s still a medical mystery as to what exactly causes SIDS infants to stop breathing,
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Bucs' Bryant joins drive to prevent infant deaths from SIDS - Click here to download.
HCECF, Hayes Foundation Form Partnership to Increase Awareness of SIDS in East Central Florida - Click here to download.
This Side Up program promotes SIDS awareness - Click here to download.
State of the art Ball, Style Weekly Magazine - Click here to download. - PDF
Raise Foundation, Hayes Foundation Form Partnership to Increase Awareness of SIDS in Orange County -
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State of the Art Ball Maui at Midnight, Baby - Click here to download. - PDF
"A Few Simple Steps" Richmond.com article Click here to download the article.
"10 Questions with Kyra Oliver" Richmond.com article Click here to download the article.
"Mecahnicsville Hospital Partners with HHF" The Mechanicsville Local Click here to download the article.
Parents Magazine
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"Giving Back" Work Magazine
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"Stevie Award Winner" Richmond Times Dispatch
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Richmond Times Dispatch: SIDS Ball Adds Roman Flair
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Herald Citizen: Tackling SIDS a child at a time
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NBC Channel 12 News Spot click here to view
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ABC Channel 8 News Spot click here to view
Richmond Times Dispatch Community Focus: More than 15,000 "This Side Up" Onesies will be distributed tp families in central Virginia
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Richmond Times Dispatch Metro Business: From Son's Tragedy, Parents Embark on a Safety Mission
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Ukrops Go to Market: The Hayes Hitzeman Foundation-Richmond's Own Crusader Against SIDS
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Livingston Regional Hospital Joins Effort to Raise Awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) - RICHMOND, Va., November 7, 2006 – On the heels of a medical study’s revelation that Sudden Infant Death Syndrome may be linked to a brain abnormality, an educational effort to raise awareness of SIDS coming to Tennessee.
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U.S. News & World Report - When Kyra Oliver Hitzeman heard news reports about the SIDS study, she was thrilled-and overwhelmed by the memories it revived. Her son Hayes died in 2002, while he took a nap at his day-care provider's home.He was 4 1/2 months old, a chubby, joyful little boy. "He was awesome," says Hitzeman, 39, owner of a graphic design firm near Richmond, Va. "There was no indication that anything was wrong. He was a perfectly healthy baby." Indeed, no one knows what prompts seemingly healthy babies to suddenly die in their sleep. Most SIDS deaths occur between 2 and 4 months of age.
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WRIC Richmond News Channel 8 - Doctors have some important new clues into a cause in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. 8News Reporter Morgan Dean sat down with a mother of a SIDS victim, who's hopeful science can finally solve this mysterious disease. Kyra Oliver, executive director for the Hayes Hitzeman Foundation, says, "You tend to look to yourself and say is there something I should have done."
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When Hayes, the son of Kyra Oliver Hitzeman and Ezra Hitezman, was first born, the two parents knew about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) but didn't talk about it. But when 4 1/2-month-old Hayes died a little more than fours years ago from SIDS, the Hitezmans couldn't avoid the subject.
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VCU Health System raises awareness of sudden infant death syndrome.
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"This Side Up" Raises Awareness for SIDS - Hayes Hitzeman was four and a half months old when his mother, Kyra Oliver, received the phone call that her son had died one summer afternoon in 2002. He died from SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrom).
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Oliver Creative has been named a finalist for the Greater Richmond Technology Council Awards Gala to be held May 17, 2006. The award that Oliver Creative is up for is the SMARTBOX Portable Storage’s Community Support Award.
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Richmond Times Dispatch - "Hall of fame honors four of 'Richmond's Finest'. Also, founder of web firm receives ethics award for moral character, practice."
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This Side Up campaign launches.
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Richmond.com - Safe Sleeping - Hayes Hitzeman Foundation partners with CJW and VCU to distribute "This Side Up" onesies.
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"A new campaign to help save the littlest of lives took center stage at the children's museum in Richmond today..."
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“It’s Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Baby” State of the Art Ball to be Held on September 16, 2006!
The Hayes Hitzeman Foundation is planning the 5th Annual State of the Art Ball to be held on September 16th, 2006 at the Science Museum of Virginia. The theme of the event is “It’s Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Baby!” The evening will start with a silent auction, cocktails and passed hors d'oeuvres. Then guests will be entertained while having dinner with an eleven piece swing band, The Kings of Swing, and a live auction. There will be lots of surprises throughout the entire evening.
The Hayes Hitzeman Foundation launches the This Side Up…while sleeping campaign March 29!
The This Side Up…while sleeping campaign is an educational effort that seeks to raise awareness of SIDS and SIDS prevention. At its core, the campaign strives to educate parents that the safest way for their babies to sleep is on their back.
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