Vincennes City Fire Officials will officially unveil a Safe Haven Baby Box at the city fire department headquarters, located at 928 Vigo Street. The ceremony will take place on Thursday at 10:30 AM.
Several people will be speaking at the unveiling, including Monica Kelsey from Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Mayor Joe Yochum, City Fire Chief Brett Bobe, and Father Tony Ernst from St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
The box will be located on the south side of the firehouse. It will be the 40th Safe Haven Baby Box installed nationwide.
Indiana’s Safe Haven Law of 2000 allows parents to anonymously surrender their healthy newborns 30 days or younger without fear of criminal prosecution at any fire /EMS station or hospital. The first Safe Haven Baby Box became available in 2016 in an effort to raise awareness of the Safe Haven law and to end illegal infant abandonment.
