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OUR COMMUNITY
Just five months previous-
ly, Ancier had been expect-
ing twins. While her son, 
Yoni, was born healthy, her 
daughter, Chaya Nechama, 
was stillborn. 
“I’d been planning to wear 
my twins together and didn’t 
get to … So I decided to 
donate my baby carriers in 
honor of my baby daughter,” 
Ancier said. 
Ancier also posted on dif-
ferent Facebook groups, like 
the 3,000+ member strong 
Jewish Moms of Metro 
Detroit page and others, ask-
ing if any other moms in the 
area had extra baby carriers 
they’d want to donate. 
She was completely 
stunned by the response. 
Within five days, she had 
collected more than 40 baby 
carriers, many which were 
delivered with hand-written 
notes of encouragement by 
their donors. She’d also col-
lected $750 from people who 
did not have baby carriers 
to donate but still wanted to 
be part of this mitzvah and 
pitched in for shipping fees. 
Ancier lovingly packaged 
the top-of-the-line versatile 
carriers and sent them off 
to the organization, which 
is located out of St. Louis, 
ironically where Ancier is 
from, too. She moved here 
just four years ago with her 
husband, Justin. They are 
members of Rabbi Yosef 
Bromberg’s shul at Aish 
HaTorah and send their 
children to Yeshiva Beth 
Yehudah.
Currently, these baby car-
riers, donated with love by 
moms in the Detroit Jewish 
community, are joining hun-
dreds of others from across 
the country and will soon 
be winging their way toward 
those displaced moms, 
where they’ll hopefully offer 
a little solace and support 
during this dark time. 
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