It is the busiest of the four pediatric facilities run by the Babies' Milk Fund. The fund was established in 1909 to sell pasteurized milk at an affordable price to low-income mothers to keep their babies healthy. Today, the clinic does not dispense milk. But its employees still care more than they're paid to about the health and welfare of kids and their moms and dads. Staffers cuddle babies.
Nurses tell parents to stop smoking in front of their asthmatic kids.
They give encouragement. And sometimes, they just listen. No one tells them they're doing a good job. We do that here, just like family. That concern shows throughout lunch.