Southwest SIDS to shut down after more than 30 years

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Southwest SIDS to shut down after more than 30 years

By JENNIFER SHRADER jennifer.shrader@thefacts.com
Mar 5, 2021
Mar 5, 2021
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Community Service Educator Demetria Bailon organizes information packets on sudden infant death syndrome to distribute to local hospitals, clinics and pediatricians at the Southwest SIDS office in Angleton on Tuesday. The county has seen lower numbers of infant deaths in recent years, and Bailon credits that to the work the nonprofit has done.

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Southwest SIDS Billing Specialist Cecilia Velez works at her desk at the organization’s office in Angleton on Tuesday. Southwest SIDS is closing its doors March 12.

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Community Service Educator Demetria Bailon puts together information packets on sudden infant death syndrome at the Southwest SIDS office in Angleton on Tuesday. The Southwest SIDS Reseach Institute is closing its doors March 12.

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Community Service Educator Demetria Bailon organizes information packets on sudden infant death syndrome to distribute to local hospitals, clinics and pediatricians at the Southwest SIDS office in Angleton on Tuesday. Bailon credits the nonprofit with a drop in infant deaths in the county.

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Southwest SIDS Research Institute Treasurer Margie Kveton works at her desk at the nonprofit’s office in Angleton on Tuesday. The nonprofit has provided countless resources to the community regarding sudden infant death syndrome, including providing pack n’ plays to families with babies.

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Southwest SIDS Research Institute Treasurer Margie Kveton works at her desk at the nonprofit’s office in Angleton on Tuesday. The nonprofit will be closing its doors March 12.

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A poster giving tips on how to safely put babies to sleep at the Southwest SIDS Research Institute in Angleton on Tuesday.

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When one imagines research on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, ivory towers come to mind. Or at the very least, a hospital with doctors in white coats doing important things.

But for many years, that work was done in Lake Jackson or other places in Brazoria County, in storefronts and other buildings, by an organization called the Southwest SIDS Research Institute. In a week, the institute founded almost 40 years ago will close its doors, its work largely complete.