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NICOLE RICHIE TO HELP MOTHERS IN NEED: New Web site aims to get baby products to financially-strapped families.
*Nicole Richie is behind a new online gift registry that will provide baby products to moms in need, reports People.com.
Due to launch this fall, the service allows families to sign up through local social service agencies. A list of baby products they need – such as cribs, strollers or blankets – will be posted on the Web site. Donors can view the wish-lists and choose what to contribute (much like a wedding or baby gift registry).
"We take for granted the basic necessities. For some families, it's a serious struggle," Richie tells People. "This is one way to ease the financial burden, and help new babies have a good start in life. We are only working with companies and products that Joel and I would use. We're checking every product out for safety – and all products are BPA-free."
The Web site will launch through her Richie-Madden Children's Foundation, the charity she and boyfriend Joel Madden started last winter when she was pregnant with daughter Harlow. The registry will start off helping families in the Los Angeles and New York areas before expanding throughout the country and internationally.
"Nicole saw that even a clean blanket was out of reach for some of these new moms so she wanted to figure out an efficient way to connect them with companies and individuals who want to help," foundation advisor Bruce Richman tells People.com.
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