iVillage Community Award Winners 2008

Community Champions - Julie and Vanessa
When a member of the Mums Club July - September 2003 board gave birth to twins at just 26 weeks, the whole community of women who used that board rallied around.

The twins were treated by Southampton Neonatal Unit and are now doing brilliantly.

Julie and Vanessa are Community Leaders on the message board, and they organised a sponsored toddle for the mums and their toddlers to take part on to raise money for the Neonatal Unit.

Julie set up a justgiving webpage and they raised £223.50 for the unit.

Judge Rebecca says: "Julie and Vanessa embody everything iVillage is about. They turned concern and compassion into action and took their community out of the virtual world and into a real one. Everyone who took part in the Toddle - mums and little ones - deserves special recognition."