Love for Lily empowers, supports, and connects families with babies in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), providing the emotional guidance and compassionate community they need to navigate the NICU experience and thrive, both during their hospital stay and after returning home.
We offer a respite for families on their NICU Journey. Through facilitated support groups during the NICU stay and after discharge, essentials bags at admission, and grants to help ease the financial burden on families we have built a full circle care model. For our medical teams we provide education and coaching to support their well-being and unit retention.
$5 Donate a journal for a family in-unit
"Gracias por haber sido un apoyo en duros momentos...usted pasaron por su cuarto y nos dejaron una bolsa se LOVE FOR LILY, con un cuaderno y lápiz (entre otras cosas) con los cuales plasme toda mi angustia, amor y esperanzas, después de cada visita a mi bebe llegaba a casa a escribir. "
"Thank you for being a support in difficult times...you stopped by his room and left us a Love for Lily bag, with a notebook and pencil (among other things) with which I expressed all my anguish, love and hopes, after each visit to my baby I came home to write."
$25 Provide 5 days of diapers for a family
"...They were there when i need supplies for my lil guy for when he got home. I couldn't have felt more thankful. They let me know its ok to feel the feelings i was feeling. I love Love for Lily."
$250 Support a family who had to say goodbye to their baby too soon
Every dollar raised will help provide gift card grants to families navigating unimaginable loss.
"Love for Lily supported me in the NICU by providing a place for me to vent during critical times in my son's almost 3 month stay in the NICU. I was able to share and listen to other mother experiences. I now have a dearest friend, Jennifer, thanks to Love for Lily!"
-Carolina, NICU Mama, 2026
"Love for Lily has been an incredible blessing for our family during the most challenging part of our lives. Our son, Oliver was born at 24 weeks 5 days gestation weighting only 340 grams. Since then, he has spent months in the NICU at University of Colorado and Children's Hospital, fighting every day and growing stronger. The financial assistance and support from organization like Love for Lily help ease some of the burdens families face while focusing on what matters most- being present for their child. We are deeply grateful for the kindness, generosity, and hope Love for Lily provides to NICU families like ours."
-Neha and Zeth, NICU Parents, 2026
Love For Lily serves families with babies hospitalized in or discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Our mission is to empower, support, and connect NICU families, giving them the assistance they need to ease their NICU journey and to thrive while in-unit and at home. We work closely with and support NICU medical teams by regularly collaborating with them and by offering training and coaching to help improve communication, build resilience, and reduce burnout.
Love For Lily was founded in memory of Lily Cahoon, a beautiful baby girl born at 24 weeks gestation. Lily spent three and a half months in the NICU, and then her parents Sahra and Ted brought her home on hospice. During that time, Sahra was left wondering why there was so little support for the families of these tiny babies. Love for Lily began on Mother's Day 2012 to bring community and resources to families walking a similar path.
2017: We launched "Lasting Love" a post-NICU program designed especially for NICU Moms and their babies for one year after discharge that serves mothers from all Denver Metro Area hospitals.
2018: We launched Love, Camden & Friends, our bereavement support program providing emotional support for families grieving the loss of their child. Offering folders of hope and a weighted stuffy to bring a little comfort to empty arms.
2020: In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched virtual support services, expanding our reach across the nation and allowing quarantined families to access support.
2021: We expanded access to our grant program by launching Ryder's Love in partnership with Ryder's Fund of Colorado. Ryder's Love offers a hand-up to families served outside of Colorado who spend four or more weeks in the NICU.
2022: We developed and hosted a Grief & Loss Training, serving 69 medical professionals.
2023: We welcomed Saint Joseph Hospital - Denver into our NICU family.
2024: We added a new virtual support group for NICU dads in collaboration. We welcomed Poudre Valley Hospital into our NICU family. We also launched The Love for Lily Center for Coaching & Education, serving 93 medical professionals as well as beta-testing our coach training curriculum.
2025: We launched our NICU Awareness Month, Purple for a purpose. Our first cohort of CCE NICU parent coaches began training. We began a partnership with Highland Ranch Hospital.
2026: Our first cohort of CCE NICU parent coaches graduated, with two coaches joining our team. We launched our Superstar Sibling program with sibling craft kits.
Organization name
Love for Lily
2012
Tax id (EIN)
45-4285961
Category
Human Services, Health Care, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Address
150 Murray St #130Mailing
150 Murray St #130Boulder, CO, US
Larimer, CO, US
Adams, CO, US
Jefferson, CO, US, 80456
CO, US