by Hope Story, Inc.

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$1,500

Raised

Donations

$1,500

Goal

Hope Story is an organization that partners with hospitals around the country (including the children’s hospital where I work!) to train medical providers on how to provide support to families who are raising children with Down syndrome and who have received a new Down syndrome diagnosis. Your donation helps Hope Story provide resources, support, and hope directly to these families. 
It is really important and special work! I was inspired to partner with them after I began working for a children’s hospital, and seeing the huge difference they are able to make in the lives of these families who have just received life altering news. 


I am so honored to be running for this great organization. Any donation you can provide to help me reach my goal would be appreciated more than you know!

Here's how your donation can be put to work:
$5.00 - Prints 10 “How to Deliver a Down Syndrome Diagnosis with Hope” Booklets.
$10.00 - Prints 8 Hope Stories Booklets, which answer questions in story form that new parents may have. These books are distributed nationwide to new parents and physicians.
$25.00 - Provides one Hope Kit to an existing parent of a child with Down Syndrome so they can “adopt” their medical professional and provide peer support to new local parents.
$50 - Produces material for twenty medical professional folders, providing resources to help medical professionals deliver a Down Syndrome diagnosis to new parents. 
$75 - Provides and ships one box (thirty books) of our Hope Stories Booklets to a medical office to give to families with a new diagnosis 
$100 - Helps create five podcasts that can encourage parents with a child with Down Syndrome 
$250 - Helps maintain, host, and update our website so that we can continue to reach new families
$500 - Funds a table for our medical professional dinners. These dinners allow medical professionals to hear firsthand from families raising a child with Down Syndrome and experienced medical providers who have cared for families of children with Down Syndrome for over a decade.