About Neil Rubenstein

Neil Rubenstein

Neil was born in the NW suburbs of Chicago and still lives there today with his wife and two miracle boys. Back in 2001, when they were still dating, Neil helped his now wife start Creative Celebrations. This children’s party planning and entertainment company is still in business today. Neil has a Masters in Integrated Marketing Communications from Northwestern. After 20+ years focused on marketing strategy, planning and execution for corporations, Neil is now taking the considerable skills he's developed and leveraging them for smaller organizations, combining his love of integrated marketing with his desire to help smaller businesses connect with their customers. Neil can be found on Facebook at Neil.Rubenstein and on Twitter at @Neil_Rubenstein. To learn more about CDH and everything that is currently being done to help generate funding for research visit the Cherubs website at www.cdhsupport.org or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cdhsupport.

Articles by Neil

Our Miracle Baby: Aidan’s Story of Surviving CDH

Our Miracle Baby: Aidan’s Story of Surviving CDH

When I was asked to write a post about my son and the life-threatening birth defect he was diagnosed with at 37 weeks…I jumped at the opportunity. My son is a survivor but many are not, and I have been doing everything I can to help spread the word and try to increase awareness. The birth defect is called congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). It’s definitely a mouthful but in layman’s terms,... 

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“A Fighter’s Lullaby” for CHERUBS (children born with CDH)

“A Fighter’s Lullaby” for CHERUBS (children born with CDH)

As my second child is about to be born with the birth defect congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH), I can’t help but think about the lack of research funding for this not so rare birth defect. CDH occurs in 1 in every 2,500 pregnancies or 1,600 per year in the US . This translates to over 50,000 annually worldwide. With a 50% survival rate, that means there are over 25,000 children per year who die... 

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Our Miracle Baby: Aidan’s Story of Surviving CDH

Our Miracle Baby: Aidan’s Story of Surviving CDH

When I was asked to write a post about my son and the life-threatening birth defect he was diagnosed with at 37 weeks…I jumped at the opportunity. My son is a survivor but many are not, and I have been doing everything I can to help spread the word and try to increase awareness. The birth defect is called congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). It’s definitely a mouthful but in layman’s terms,... 

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