Our Founder – Sharon Sikes
In 2004, Sharon Sikes, a certified bereavement facilitator and volunteer chaplain, learned of a special need relating to grieving families and had to help. She met with local nurses and learned about the difficulties facing families who experienced perinatal loss. Inspired by her passion her helping grieving families and her love of sewing, she created Angel Layettes. Sharon met with hospital staff to design layettes that would be suitable for the delicate babies and provide comforting keepsakes for the families She recruited volunteers and friends to lovingly create layette sets for local hospitals. Over time, more and more hospitals requested the beautiful sets, so much so that Sharon and her loving husband, Arnold, officially incorporated Angel Layettes as a 501©(3) non-profit organization in 2007. Since then, Angel Layettes has continued to grow and provides custom burial layettes and keepsake hearts to families without charge to hospitals all over the United States.
Our Core Principles
Angel Layettes continues to honor the principles set forth by our founder, Sharon Sikes.
- Angel Layettes products must acknowledge the baby’s life and provide comfort to the family, while preserving their memories.
- Specialized burial layettes and keepsakes should be provided to families and hospitals at no charge.
- The layettes must be made with the best available materials and sewn with love and compassion in order to meet the specialized needs identified by medical staff.
- Angel Layettes should grow large enough to help as many families as their volunteer and monetary resources allow.
Our Mission
Angel Layettes is committed to providing the highest quality items designed specifically for those experiencing perinatal loss.
- The Angel Layette Set is a burial layette set that contains a microwrap, shroud, or layette with a matching blanket and keep sake heart. Caps are also provided for use when the family desires one.
- Angel Layettes works closely with hospital staff to design and produce layettes that fit the specific needs of these little ones.
- All supplies are provided to the volunteers to create the custom layettes so that fabric quality meets our high standards.
- Each layette is unique and multiple color options are sent to each hospital, so that families may choose a design that feels most appropriate for them.
- Our goal is to provide our custom one-of-a-kind layette sets to as many hospitals as possible. Please use our online order form or contact us for more information.
- If you or your group are interested in volunteering, please contact us.
- If you would like to financially support this meaningful work, please visit our donation page for giving options.
