The
Cade Foundation contacted Indy's Channel 6 news asking for an interview. They graciously accepted and did a fantastic job of getting our story out in Indiana. Click on the link below to see the video footage of our story that first
aired at 11 pm on Thursday, Jan. 22
nd. We hope to be able to promote our foundation fundraiser through Channel 6 in the next few months.
http://www.theindychannel.com/video/18546762/index.htmlHere is a copy of the article that was also posted with our video (
courtesy of The Indy Channel,
RTV 6 News)
INDIANAPOLIS -- Many couples who desperately want to be parents find themselves in an emotionally grueling struggle, but an Indiana family wants others to know that financial help is available.
Infertility issues affect more than 6 million people in the U.S. -- about one in seven couples,
6News' Tanya Spencer reported.
The
Tinina Cade Foundation, a first of its kind organization dedicated to helping with the financial struggle of conceiving, helped Nick and Stacie
Vetor. From the time they got together, the
Vetors knew they wanted a big family. "It was something we never doubted we would do, that we would always be parents," Stacie
Vetor said. A medical condition initially kept them from realizing that dream, but surgery allowed them to conceive Ryan, who is now 2 and a half.
A miscarriage a year ago had ended all hope that Stacie could get pregnant again naturally. Doctors suggested
in-vitro fertilization.
"I don't want to say financial burden, but it's very costly," Stacie
Vetor said.
The average cost in the U.S. for all the medications and a single in-
vitro cycle is about $15,000, and the success rate is only 30 percent. "We just weren't sure how we were going to come up with that money," Stacie
Vetor said.
Then, she stumbled across the
Cade Foundation Web site. The organization was founded by a woman in Maryland who had struggled with infertility for years until her mother served as her surrogate. The woman started a grant in her mother's honor. Nine couples have received the grant so far. The
Vetors are the first from Indiana. "We just didn't even know something like that even existed," Stacie
Vetor said.
The
Vetors are telling their story to ensure other Hoosier couples know about the resource, and they're organizing their own fundraiser in Indiana to help the nonprofit foundation grow.
"It'll be exciting to give the opportunity to future families to have this same blessing," said Nick
Vetor.
Stacie will go through in-
vitro in February and hope to know by mid-March if Ryan will have a baby brother or sister this year. "We were just so excited that maybe growing our family is something that could actually happen now," Stacie
Vetor said.
Families can get up to $10,000 each through the grant. The money can be used for either
fertility treatments or domestic adoption.
More Info:
Tinina Q. Cade Foundation (
www.cadefoundation.org)
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The Cade Foundation has posted information on the 2010 Family Building Grant. It looks like the applications will be posted to their website starting on July 15, 2009 and will remain available until the due date of September 15, 2009. Most likely the recipients will be notified in mid-late November. If you know of any families struggling with infertility who could benefit from this grant PLEASE forward this website, http://www.cadefoundation.org/, to them and encourage them to apply when the time comes. Remember this grant offers struggling families up to $10,000 for domestic adoption or fertility treatment.
