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The Central Fire Station in Olde Towne Slidell will soon feature a community baby box, providing a safe, anonymous option for parents to surrender newborns.
The secure, temperature-controlled device will be installed at the station, allowing parents to safely give up custody under Louisiana's Safe Haven Law.
St. Tammany Fire Chief Chris Kauffmann says the box is a critical resource, though they hope it will never be used.
The project was inspired by past tragedies, and organizers have raised ten percent of the $22,000 needed to install it by year's end.
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