Dear Friend,
Thank you for
visiting Hunter’s Hope Foundation. My hope and prayer is that what you
learn on this site will ignite a passion in your heart, a passion so
great that you will not rest until every child born in the United States
is screened for the most diseases possible, ensuring every newborn in
every state has a fair start at life.
Did you know
that a simple heel prick through a newborn screening test could have
saved my grandson, Hunter’s life? Well, it’s true.
Did you know
that each year in the United States thousands of children die and many
more thousands become permanently disabled because their parents and
doctors did not know they had one of over 55 treatable diseases.
These diseases can be identified through the existing Newborn Screening
Program - one heel prick in the hospital after birth. Many states do not
screen for all of these diseases, but they could. This knowledge can save
children’s lives.
If you know
someone that is expecting a baby please email them this site
www.huntershope.org/UNBS/index.html. They can
get supplemental newborn screening and ensure their newborn is screened
for all possible diseases.
Find out the
number of diseases screened for in your state’s Newborn Screening
program by clicking on the “IN-DEPTH INFO” tab above and select “Diseases
My State Screens For”. If your state is not screening for all
possible diseases (55), write and call your state legislatures and tell
them that the children in your state need their help.
You can
change the life of a child by taking action now! Please do what ever
you can so that no more children will have to suffer and die needlessly
like my precious little Hunter did.
May God bless
you and your family.
With Hope,

CEO & Hunter's Grandmother |