A NEWBORN baby boy abandoned in a cardboard box on an Alaska street in 1-degree weather had a "please help me" note with him.

The infant was tucked into a box and covered in blankets alongside the heartbreaking note that said his mother did not have money to keep him.

The woman who found the child on New Year's Eve in Fairbanks, Alaska, posted a video of the note that began with: "Please help me!!!"

"My parents and grandparents don't have food or money to raise me," it continued.

"They NEVER wanted to do this to me. My mom is so sad to do this.

"Please take me and find me a LOVING FAMILY. My parents are begging whoever finds me. My name is Teshawn."

The note also stated that the child was born 12 weeks premature.

The boy was taken to the hospital and was found to be in good health, according to Fox 29.

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The woman who found the child and posted the note to Facebook wrote that "someone in our community felt so lost and hopeless that they made probably the hardest choice of their lives to leave that innocent life on the side of the road with nothing but some blankets and a name."

Authorities said that the child's mother was located on Tuesday and taken to a Fairbanks-area hospital for evaluation and care.

Police confirmed that the mother was a juvenile, according to Anchorage Daily News.

"The mother is cooperative and at this time, her well-being and medical treatment is the priority," Trooper spokesman Tim DeSpain said.

The teen mom may have been unaware that all 50 states in the US have their own version of Safe Haven laws.

The laws vary from state-to-state, but each allows parents to legally surrender a newborn baby to someone they believe can provide care like a doctor, hospital employee, or firefighter, without consequence.

Authorities confirmed that no charges have been filed in the case.

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