2025 9th Annual Austin's Book Club Golf Outing

Welcome to the 2025 Austin's Book Club Golf Outing!

Our son Austin Lee Robbins was born on September 20, 2015 at The Toledo Hospital in Toledo, Ohio. Twelve hours after being born, Austin became very fussy and had trouble breathing. Nurses evaluated him and immediately he was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). After lots of testing, Austin was diagnosed with gram-negative bacterial sepsis and meningitis. The NICU doctors and nurses worked around the clock to do everything they could for Austin, but after three days of fighting with all his might, Austin passed away. In our brief time in the NICU we unfortunately experienced the helplessness that many parents there also felt. Having a sick child meant we could not do “normal” parenting things: hold, feed, bathe and take Austin home. However, the one thing we were able to do was read to Austin.

It is our goal for Austin’s legacy to continue on through the power of literacy, which inspired us to create Austin’s Book Club (ABC). We want every parent to experience the joy of reading to their child because that is the most normal thing a parent can do at that time. The Hillabrand NICU at ProMedica Russell J. Ebeid Children's Hospital is a Level III 72-bed unit providing care for premature babies as early as 22 weeks gestation and as small as 400 grams (14 oz). Thanks to ABC, each family in the NICU has books available for parents to read to their children. In addition, upon release from the hospital when children are well enough to go home, they will be able to take a book home with them. This annual golf outing is our primary fundraiser that allows us to reach this goal.

On behalf of those whom your potential philanthropy may impact, we thank you for your thoughtful consideration of supporting our caring mission. We look forward to seeing you in September for what surely will be a fun day on the links for a meaningful cause!

Thank you!

Brittany and Heather Robbins

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