Douglas County newborns receive free DCSD onesies through Healthy Families Partnership

Newborns delivered at AdventHealth Castle Rock, AdventHealth Parker, UCHealth Highlands Ranch and HCA HealthONE Sky Ridge are receiving a free Douglas County School District onesie as part of a packet from the Healthy Families Partnership of Douglas County, hospital and partnership materials show.

The onesie includes a diaper-pinned message written and attributed to Amy Pfister, DCSD community relations coordinator: “Congratulations on your new addition! We know it’s a few years away, but your baby’s school years will be here before you know it. Let’s put a pin in it for now, but in a few years, we’ll still be here for you. In the meantime, check out our website and get to know Douglas County School District, the top scoring district in the Denver area!”

Douglas County School District provided demographic context for the effort, saying approximately 500 babies are born in Douglas County each month; that figure equates to about 6,000 births each year, according to the district’s release of program details.

The Healthy Families Partnership, convened in 2023, lists 15 community partners working to supply new and expectant families with maternal and child health resources. Partnership materials say the HFP packet bundling the DCSD onesie also connects families with information on car seat and child passenger safety, child development at all ages and stages, coping strategies for new parents, perinatal mental health and safe sleeping habits.

Castle Pines Connection included a local example to illustrate distribution: “Born on February 14 at HCA HealthOne Sky Ridge in Lone Tree, baby Brooks brought new meaning to Valentines Day love for parents Ryley and Moriah McConn. Brooks is a healthy baby boy and potential future DCSD graduate.” That anecdote names the hospital and the parents as a concrete instance of the program in practice.

Castle Pines Connection and DCSD describe the item as a gifted or free “future graduate” onesie placed in the Healthy Families Partnership packet; the diaper pin is promotional, inviting parents to learn about the district and its programs. The partnership is administered through the Douglas County Health Department’s Healthy Families Partnership page for families seeking details about participating organizations and packet resources.

If DCSD’s birth estimate holds, hundreds of newborns each month in Douglas County hospitals will encounter the onesie and pinned message during the perinatal period, a distribution pattern county officials have rolled out in late Feb. 2026 through the four named hospitals. The Healthy Families Partnership continues to position the packet as a starting point for new-parent supports coordinated among the 15 listed community partners.