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Your Vote is Their Hope - Taking on Trisomy 18 in the Chase Community Giving Challenge

Victoria Miller, Trisomy 18 Foundation's Executive Director, was overwhelmed by the show of support for Trisomy 18's mission to make Trisomy 18 a preventable and treatable condition.

"Making it to Round 2 is evidence of how common and devastating this chromosomal condition can be to parents around the world," she said. "When my husband and I lost our son Isaac in 2001, just 11 days after he was born, the Trisomy 18 community was unimaginably small. I started the Trisomy 18 Foundation so these children are just not forgotten, and now we have a real chance to turn our passion into positive and lasting change for all children with Trisomy 18 who have touched our lives - yesterday, tomorrow, and in the years to come."

Trisomy 18 Foundation presents a moving video and their "Big Idea" for how $1 Million will change the future for families affected by Trisomy 18 at www.VoteforTrisomy18.com.

"Your vote today is their hope for more tomorrows," Victoria Miller shared. "And we hope every parent who can imagine the heartbreak of losing an infant in the first year of life will vote with us and ask other people they know to join them in voting on Facebook as well. Every child... no matter how fragile their life, or brief their days, forever changes our world. Help us change the future for them so that less parents lose their precious children to this devastating condition."

To learn more about the Campaign and how you can help, visit: www.trisomy18.org/vote. And be sure and vote yourself at www.VoteforTrisomy18.com.

Trisomy 18 Foundation is being supported in this campaign by the following affiliated organizations: (SOFT) Support Organization for Trisomy 18, 13 and Related Disorders (Trisomy.org), Chromosome 18 Research and Registry Society (Chromosome18.org), Living with Trisomy 13 (LivingwithTrisomy13.org), Noah's Never-ending Rainbow (noahsneverendingrainbow.org), Rowan Tree Foundation (RowanTreeFoundation.org), Molly Bear Foundation (MollyBear.org), Hope for Trisomy 13 and 18 (HopeforTrisomy13and18.org), and First Candle (FirstCandle.org).

About Trisomy 18 Foundation

Founded in 2002 by Victoria Miller after the loss of her baby son, Isaac, at 11 days old, the Trisomy 18 Foundation is now the nation's leading health advocacy organization serving families impacted by a Trisomy 18 diagnosis for a much-wanted child, a genetic condition causing high rates of infant mortality in the first year of life.

Our national staff and volunteers from every state in the U.S. work together to raise awareness and funding to serve all those impacted by a Trisomy 18 diagnosis through programs that improve the lives of families with affected children by:

• educating families, their communities and health professionals
• creating a caring worldwide community of affected families
• driving research initiatives to focus on prevention and treatments, and
• advocating for increased awareness and federal funding

About Trisomy 18

Trisomy 18 (T18) is a common and devastating chromosomal condition resulting in high rates of stillbirth and early infant death in the first weeks and months of life. One out of every 3000 children is born with Trisomy 18. Double or triple that number are lost before birth in the late stages of pregnancy. Trisomy 18 can and does affect any family; the condition strikes families globally of all ethnicities, nationalities, and faiths.

To learn more about Trisomy 18 and the Trisomy 18 Foundation and how you can help visit: www.trisomy18.org

Downloadable Art and Images: https://www.box.net/shared/static/pq1tf4rgcy.zip

YouTube Video: http://www.youtube.com/trisomy18

Flickr Slideshow of Family Images: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mychildmatters

Trisomy 18 Foundation
Victoria Miller, 703-878-7013
Executive Director
vjmiller@trisomy18.org