A decision by city officials that a Safe Haven baby box would not be appropriate for installation in a city fire station was debated again at Tuesday’s Columbus City Council meeting.
Walter Peycha, Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc. president, said he was approaching the council to initiate a dialogue.
“Abandonment has serious consequences for the baby and the parent,” Peycha said. “The impact to the community is the most important thing.”
Peycha’s organization, based in Woodburn, had been working with Columbus North High School senior Hunter Wart, who was in the process of raising $10,000 to fund installation of a Safe Haven baby box at Fire Station 3, 80 S. Gladstone Ave., as part of his senior project.
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