JPMA Receives 2022 ASAE Power of Associations Silver Award for JPMA Cares

September 29, 2022

MT. LAUREL, N.J., Sept. 30, 2022 — The Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) earned a Power of Associations Silver Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for its successful JPMA Cares initiative.


Founded in 2021 by JPMA, JPMA Cares is a charitable organization that contributes to the long-term success of babies and young children by reducing barriers to healthy development, ensuring fundamental needs are met, and promoting a safe and nurturing environment to learn and grow.


The organization works to improve outcomes for all children and is intentional about meeting the needs of babies and young children. For some, the need is products or education, but for others, fundamental needs like housing, food and basic medical care are not being met. As JPMA Cares secures the right resources, the organization partners with like-minded charities to distribute these resources to people and places in high need. JPMA Cares has partnered with the Injury Free Coalition for Kids on its annual National Injury Prevention Day; Cradles to Crayons; Family Promise; and the United Nations Foundation to name a few.


“Congratulations to JPMA and JPMA Cares for exemplifying the impact associations have on the industries and professions they represent, and on society at large,” said ASAE President and CEO Michelle Mason, FASAE, CAE. “It’s always so incredibly satisfying to see associations going above and beyond their everyday mission to change the world. We’re very proud to spotlight this award-winning initiative.”


“On behalf of our Board of Directors, staff, donors and volunteers, we appreciate this recognition of JPMA Cares from the American Society of Association Executives,” said Executive Director of JPMA and JPMA Cares Lisa Trofe. “JPMA members represent 95 percent of the baby and children’s products industry in North America, and we are dedicated to advancing the health and safety of babies and young children. JPMA Cares believes that thriving babies make for a better world.”

JPMA Cares will host its second annual Benefit for Babies on Thursday, December 1, 2022 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. ET at SPIN New York 54, 7 East 54th Street, New York, NY 10022. The event is open to anyone interested in advancing long-term outcomes for babies and children in need. Participants will enjoy networking, food, drinks, music, a silent auction and the opportunity to play ping pong in a unique and vibrant setting. Tickets can be purchased by visiting https://jpmacares.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/jpmacares/eventRegistration.jsp?event=4&.


For additional ways to get involved with JPMA Cares, please visit jpmacares.org.


About JPMA Cares
JPMA Cares contributes to the long-term success of babies and young children by reducing barriers to healthy development, ensuring fundamental needs are met, and promoting a safe and nurturing environment for them to learn and grow. JPMA Cares is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, founded by JPMA (the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association) and supported by the broader baby and children’s products industry. Learn more at https://jpmacares.org.


About The Power of Associations Awards
ASAE’s Power of Associations Awards recognize the associations’ economic and societal contributions locally, nationally and globally. The Power of Associations Awards reward outstanding initiatives in five categories: Industry/Professional Advancement, Community Support and Engagement, Global Development, Diversity and Inclusion and Advocacy. ASAE will celebrate The Power of Associations Award winners during its annual Summit Awards Dinner on September 29, 2022, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C.


Media Contact
Jaime Levins
Director of Marketing & Communications
Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association – JPMA
jlevins@jpma.org

Cribs for Kids, Baby Safety Foundation, & Safe Kids Worldwide Announce the Safe Sleep Building Blocks Grant Recipients

July 23, 2025
PITTSBURGH, PA, UNITED STATES, July 18, 2025 / EINPresswire.com / -- Cribs for Kids , in partnership with Baby Safety Foundation (Formerly JPMA Cares) and Safe Kids Worldwide , is proud to announce the 40 recipients of the Safe Sleep Building Blocks Grant Program. This nationwide initiative, made possible through a generous grant from Baby Safety Foundation, provides essential infant safe sleep products, education, and community outreach support to organizations dedicated to reducing sleep-related infant deaths. “We are thrilled to support these 40 outstanding organizations as they work to educate families and provide critical safe sleep resources,” said Judy Bannon, Chief Executive Officer of Cribs for Kids. “Through this grant program, we are strengthening safe sleep initiatives in communities that need it most.” Each of the 40 awarded organizations will receive: 20 Safe Sleep Survival Kits, each containing a Cribette play yard, a Cribette sheet, a Snoozzzette wearable blanket, a Sleep Baby Safe & Snug board book, a pacifier, and safe sleep education materials. They will also receive a variety of Community Outreach Support materials, such as a Cribs for Kids Education Package (50 brochures, 50 door hangers, 25 fliers, five posters, and two Safe Sleep Sammi/Sasha Toy Kits), and a Safe Sleep Building Blocks electronic badge for awarded organizations’ websites and marketing materials The selected recipients of the Safe Sleep Building Blocks Grant Program are: Angels Protection, Inc., Aldan, PA Arvada Fire, Arvada, CO BLACK Wellness & Prosperity Center, Fresno, CA Bourbon County Health Department, Paris, KY Bundles of Joy Baby Essentials, Summerville, SC Child Care Resource Network, Buffalo, NY CKF Addiction Treatment, Inc., Salina, KS Crawford County Health & Human Services, Prairie du Chien, WI Cuddles & Coo Diaper Pantry, Lexington, KY Dent County Health Center, Salem, MO Derrick Stone Safe Sleep, Knoxville, TN East Jefferson General Hospital, Metairie, LA Emergency Health Services Federation, New Cumberland, PA Erie Family Center, Erie, PA Essentia Health & Safe Kids NE Minnesota, Duluth, MN Georgia Kinship Project Inc., Warner Robins, GA Harrisonburg Fire Department, Harrisonburg, VA HOPE Network for Single Mothers, Menomonee Falls, WI Infant Loss Resources, St. Louis, MO K-State Research & Extension Sedgwick County, Wichita, KS Medina Regional Hospital, Hondo, TX Mental Health Resources, Inc., Clovis, NM Okeechobee Healthy Start Coalition, Okeechobee, FL Ouachita County Medical Center, Camden, AR Safe Kids Athens, Athens, GA Safe Kids Central Georgia, Macon, GA Safe Kids Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO Safe Kids Grand Forks, East Grand Forks, MN Safe Kids Granville County, Oxford, NC Safe Kids MS led by Children’s of Mississippi, Jackson, MS Safe Kids Oakland County, Southfield, MI Safe Kids Oconto County, Oconto, WI Safe Kids Randolph County, Asheboro, NC Safe Kids Southern NJ, Camden, NJ St. Luke Community Healthcare, Ronan, MT Summit County Health Department, Park City, UT The Alli and Aiden Foundation, Matthews, NC USD 368 Paola Parents as Teachers Consortium, Paola, KS Wind River Family and Community Health Care, Riverton, WY Zion Tabernacle Food Pantry, Ozone Park, NY “The Baby Safety Foundation is proud to support Cribs for Kids and these dedicated recipient organizations through this grant program," said Lisa Trofe, Executive Director of the Foundation. "By expanding access to safe sleep education and essential products, we’re working together to help ensure every family—regardless of circumstances—has the resources they need to keep their babies safe.” Cribs for Kids, Baby Safety Foundation, and Safe Kids Worldwide congratulate these organizations and commend them for their dedication to ensuring all babies have a safe place to sleep. By equipping these groups with essential resources, we are collectively working toward a future where every family has access to life-saving safe sleep education and products. ### About Baby Safety Foundation Baby Safety Foundation (formerly JPMA Cares) is the philanthropic arm of the Baby Safety Alliance (formerly Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA)) and the broader baby and children’s products industry. As a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, Baby Safety Foundation aims to create better outcomes for infants and toddlers by reducing preventable injuries and deaths and providing families in need with donations of time, talent, and product. Baby Safety Foundation Media Contact Kali Peterson Director of Marketing and Communications Baby Safety Foundation kpeterson@babysafetyalliance.org (321) 297-4583 www.babysafetyfoundation.org About Safe Kids Worldwide Safe Kids Worldwide is a nonprofit organization working to reduce unintentional injuries to children ages 0-19 and build sustainable systems that support injury prevention. Safe Kids works with strategic partners and an extensive network of more than 400 coalitions in the U.S. to reduce traffic injuries, drownings, sleep-related deaths, falls, burns, poisonings, and more. We achieve this work through a public health approach that includes research, interventions to educate and raise awareness, safety device distribution and advocacy at the federal, state, and local levels. Safe Kids also supports a worldwide alliance of like-minded organizations in more than 20 countries. Since 1988, Safe Kids and its partners have contributed to a more than 60 percent reduction in the rate of fatal childhood unintentional injury in the U.S. Learn more at safekids.org. Safe Kids Worldwide Media Contact Gary Karton Content Advisor Safe Kids Worldwide gkarton@safekids.org (202) 604-5350 www.safekids.org About Cribs for Kids Cribs for Kids® is a national non-profit organization dedicated to reducing the risk of infant injury and death from suffocation and SIDS in unsafe sleep environments. Since 1998, Cribs for Kids® has been making an impact on reducing the rate of infant sleep-related deaths by providing safe sleep education to the public, free community-based programming, and distributing portable cribs and other safe sleep product to families in need. Cribs for Kids operates through a network of partner organizations who replicate our programs and distribute safe sleep product in their communities. Cribs for Kids Media Contact Andrea Wilson Cribs for Kids info@cribsforkids.org Visit us on social media: LinkedIn Bluesky Instagram Facebook YouTube Other 

JPMA is now the Baby Safety Alliance

June 24, 2025
Organization will continue to champion safer products for babies and peace of mind for parents

JPMA Cares Announces New Officers and Directors

May 30, 2025
MT. LAUREL, N.J., MAY 30, 2025 — JPMA Cares, a charitable organization founded by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and supported by the broader baby and children’s products industry, is pleased to announce its newly elected Board of Directors. The JPMA Cares Board of Directors provides strategic guidance to the foundation, which aims to create better outcomes for infants and toddlers by reducing preventable injuries and deaths and providing families in need with donations of time, talent, and product. The newly elected officer, who will serve a three-year term, is as follows: Sarah Shell, Vice Chair, Geddy’s Mom The newly elected directors, who will each serve a three-year term, are as follows: Brett Horn, Charlie’s House Shenoah Miller, Amazon Ron Sidman, Evolutionary Success Continuing officers and directors are as follows: Rick Schaub, Chair, Retired Jason Somerville, Treasurer, GW Partners Emily Alexander, Safety Advocate Torine Creppy, Safe Kids Worldwide William MacMillan, Retired Bardia Sergent, Greenberg Traurig, LLP Joe Shamie, Delta Children Kelly Voelker, Kelly Voelker & Associates Robert Waller, Association Headquarters Luanne Whiting-Lager, Regal+Lager Chuck Wilke, Meridian Capital “As we navigate a year of shifting landscapes, the strength and foresight of our board of directors have never been more essential,” said Lisa Trofe, executive director of JPMA and JPMA Cares. “The board’s leadership and unwavering commitment to the safety and well-being of babies and young children ensure that we continue advancing our mission to protect our most vulnerable citizens. With the board’s guidance, we are not only meeting this moment, but building the capacity to do even more for babies.” To learn more about JPMA Cares, visit jpmacares.org . About JPMA Cares JPMA Cares is the philanthropic arm of the Juvenile Products Manufacturers Association (JPMA) and the broader baby and children's products industry. As a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, JPMA Cares aims to create better outcomes for infants and toddlers by reducing preventable injuries and deaths and providing families in need with donations of time, talent, and product. Media Contact: Kali Peterson JPMA Cares kpeterson@jpma.org
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