501-C3

 Minutes of Gold is now a Tax Exempt Public Charity, 501 C-3 Corporation. The project is completely funded by private donations. If you would like to help with financial needs, you may contact Carol Slaugh founder and coordinator. Checks may be payable to Minutes of Gold and sent to 406 Sherwood Loop, Florence, Oregon.

Our tax ID # is: 20-4908115

Relocating Headquarters to Florence Oregon

After 7 years of traveling, we decided to put down roots again in our favorite place to spend our summers, Florence, Oregon. In 2004, after getting settled into an adult gated community, it was time to introduce the idea of making the Infant Bereavement Layettes project to the local residents of Florentine Estates.

Recruiting and Sharing

Carol and her husband Dick, retired to join the RV lifestyle. Carol introduced her mission to fellow RV'ers during their first winter spent in the south. Soon volunteers at Desert Palms RV Resort in Salome, Arizona. began to help and requested to supply their own hometown hospitals.  The next year the project began to grow and served 7 hospitals in several states.  Each year volunteers,

Minutes of Gold, The Beginning

In the summer of 1992, Carol was beginning a small home business doing what she loved to do, repairing and dressing antiques dolls. While dressing an antique doll from the 1920's, a "Dream Baby", the thought occurred to her that there may be a need for tiny gowns and bonnets designed for stillborn infants. A conversation with local nurses confirmed the need was very important.  Carol went to work on a design that would work and in October she delivered 6 Fetal Demise Layettes to Woodland Memorial Hospital in Woodland, Ca.  Within a year she was asked to supply 2 more hospitals in the Sacramento area.