Aden Lamps Foundation to host golf outing in Spring Valley

The Aden Lamps Foundation will host its annual fundraiser Sept. 21 at Spring Creek Golf Course in Spring Valley.

The cost is $75 if registered by Sept. 14 and $80 after that date. The cost includes an 18-hole green fee with a cart, cash prizes for winning teams, games of chance and skill, and a grilled lunch with two beverages.

The Aden Lamps Foundation helps spread awareness for sudden unexpected infant deaths. The foundation was started in 2014 by Aden’s mother, Ashley Lamps, and since the inception, the foundation has bought 11,276 sleep sacks and 10,080 safe sleep board books, which are donated to OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Morris Hospital, KSB in Dixon, CGH in Sterling and other local organizations and day cares.

Every newborn receives one of the safe sleep packages, which have a retail value of more $25. The safe sleep package contains a reusable bag, a sleep sack (a zip-up wearable blanket), an infant board book, a onesie and safe sleep information.

The mission of the Aden Lamps Foundation is to educate local families on the dangers of an unsafe sleeping environment for infants. The sleep sacks are a safer alternative to having loose blankets in the crib. Aden Lamps, son of Andy and Ashley Lamps, died in 2013 of a SUID at 4½ months old.

For information, contact Ashley Lamps at 815-712-7701 or adenlampsfoundation@gmail.com or visit facebook.com/adenlampsfoundation or safesleepforaden.org.