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Presenting the gift basket containing a handmade quilt, baby items and a Target gift card (donated by the Fairview Lakes Volunteer Organization) are board officers Jeanne Zaske (far left), and Linda Peterson. The first baby of the year was born at 11:22 a.m. Jan. 3, at Fairview Lakes in Wyoming. Rebekah Leppanen and Michael Franco, of Chisago City, are proud parents.

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Amber Hultman and Bailey Webber of Hinckley, MN had something very special to celebrate during the first week of the New Year-- the birth of their son, Tripp Allen. Dr. Melissa Hall delivered him on January 3, 2017 at 12:13 PM. Assisting in the labor and delivery were OB Nurses, Dawn Mason and Kim Johnson. Baby Tripp weighed 7 lbs 1oz. and measured 19 inches long at birth. He has the honor of being the first baby born at SCRMC in 2017.

As the parents of the first child born in 2017 at St. Croix Regional Medical Center, the proud and happy couple received a gift basket valued at over $800. Included in the basket are gifts from the medical center, a monogrammed pastel baby swaddle, a gift basket for Mom and baby from the SCRMC Volunteer Partner’s Gift shop, a newborn photography package from The BirthPlace Photographers,  a $50 gift certificate from Marketplace Foods, a $50 gift certificate from Wal-Mart, a ½ hour massage for mom from SCRMC’s Kinisi Institute for Movement, a $20 gift card to Patient Perks Coffee Shop located at St. Croix Regional Medical Center, a coin bank and gift card from Royal Credit Union, a newborn gift package from Wildwood Flowers, a handmade blanket and owl hat by Off the Hook Crochet, a knit hat and sweater by Nancy Yetter, a month membership to the Lindstrom Fitness Center, a $15 Subway certificate and a $15 Dairy Queen certificate. We are grateful to these merchants for generously offering these gifts for the baby and family of the first child of 2017.

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