 Since then, several local celebrations, as well as national meetings, are held every year on October 15 in many Italian towns.Through the lobbying efforts of CiaoLapo Onlus, on November 26, 2013 a press conference for the presentation of a bill for the official recognition of the day by the Italian state took place in Rome at the Chamber of Deputies, which was attended by politicians Aldo Di Biagio (Senate) and Matteo Biffoni (House) together with Claudia Ravaldi and Alfredo Vannacci of CiaoLapo, promoters of this initiative.In May 2008, Nicole Ballinger of the State of New South Wales(NSW) contacted her State and Federal MPs asking for help in creating an official Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day in Australia.