Nicole Richie and Joel Madden Set Up Another Registry

Like many moms, Nicole Richie had a baby shower while she was pregnant. Unlike most moms, even most Hollywood moms, Nicole gave her gifts (and all funds raised) away to needy moms through the Los Angeles Free Clinic on behalf of the Richie-Madden Children’s Foundation. And while that was pretty spectacular, Nicole and Joel had more up their benevolent sleeves.

The couple has set up a program through the Richie-Madden Foundation where needy families (registered through social services agencies) can sign up for items they need on the Foundation’s website. Then, donors can come in and select what they’d like to contribute.

Nicole explained that it’s hard to fathom how many basic necessities some of us take for granted, when other new moms have trouble obtaining a clean blanket for their newborns. As far as the products available on the website, they are Richie-Madden certified: “We are only working with companies and products that Joel and I would use. We’re checking out every product for safety — and all products are BPA-free.”

Nicole’s more tattooed half has noticed a big change in the way he sees other children since the birth of his daughter, Harlow, and said, “… to think that 26,000 children die every single day from simple things that we could prevent, just blows my mind.”

The registry should be available sometime this fall in L.A. and New York, with an expansion planned later.

Photo courtesy of harpersbazaar.com