March, 2006

Fairway calls attention to infant homicide act

Fairway's Piedmont Triad branch on Greensboro, NC, helped concerned citizens in nearby High Point call attention to a state law that could save the lives of newborn babies who might otherwise be abandoned.

Fairway created the images for four billboards in the High Point area funded through grants received from The High Point Community Foundation and High Point Regional Health System.

The billboard call attention to the Infant Homicide Prevention Act, or ''Safe Surrender'' law, passed by the North Carolina General Assembly in 2001, which allows a parent to turn an unharmed newborn up to seven days old over to an authority figure anonymously and without facing criminal charges.

Several recent cases involving teenagers whose abandoned babies were found dead led to the public awareness campaign about the law.