Ohio installs 11th safe haven ‘baby box’ in Darke Co. allows people to safely surrender babies

GREENVILLE — Ohio has installed the state’s 11th baby box in the Miami Valley.

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It is in Darke County on the east side of the Greenville Township Fire and Rescue at the 1400 block of Sater Street in Greenville, according to a spokesperson.

A baby box allows parents to anonymously surrender their newborn if they cannot care for it.

There are 10 other baby boxes across the state.

News Center 7 reported last year that the Troy Fire Department unveiled its safe haven baby box on East Canal Street.

Under Ohio’s Safe Haven Law, birth parents who feel they cannot raise a child can surrender their baby within 30 days of the child’s birth.

There will be a blessing of the Greenville Baby Box later this morning at 11 a.m.

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