ICU baby, the Miami-based non-profit supporting families with a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), hosted its signature fundraising event, “The Celebration of Miracles” on Thursday, May 26, at the Mr. C hotel in Coconut Grove. This year’s theme took its inspiration from La Dolce Vita, and the glamorous lifestyle of Portofino, San Remo and the beautiful coastal towns of the Italian Riviera. Guests mingled and dined on Bellini’s, antipasto and an assortment of Italian delicacies while raising funds for una causa especiale, a very special cause, ICU baby.

The 4th annual gala was attended by a who’s who of Miami. Including Miami Mayor Francis Suarez & his wife, ICU baby Board Member, Gloria Fonts Suarez, event committee members Ana & Eric Glass, Caryn & Mike Musaffi, Katie & Steven Nullman, and Gesy Lynn & Michael Rangel, as well as Drew Stoudt, Yosbel Ibarra, Prakash Mahtani, Carolina Mazuera, and Kathryn Hamilton. 

Supporting families with a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), ICU baby aims to eliminate financial, informational and emotional barriers that prevent families from visiting their baby in the hospital. They also strive to ensure that every family with a baby receiving palliative care in the NICU has a private room and timely access to their baby with limited interruption before their baby passes. The charity was co-founded by CEO Elizabeth Simonton Freeman after she and her husband endured time in the ICU with their newborn and witnessed the financial and emotional hardships facing families. Simonton co-founded ICU baby with CFO Nichole Aldrich whose son Matthew did not survive his NICU journey.