KNOX BLOCKS FOUNDATION

Every year wehold our annual nursery of hope. We provide infant loss families with a tree to plant in honor of their little one that left this world too soon. We have created a little forest in memory of these angels at hickory hills park in iowa. We provide this special day and place at no cost to the families. To date we have over 100 trees planted in honor of these babies.

In partnership with many other organizations and parent-led nonprofits from around the world, knox blocks foundation plans to raise money during the month of october in honor of sids awareness month to help dr. Harrington continue her groundbreaking research. Last year, dr. Harrington made a breakthrough in her research. Her lab identified that the enzyme butyrylcholinesterase was significantly lower in babies who died of sids. We need your help to fund the next phase of her teams research which will focus on identifying more biomarkers that will enable us to know which babies are indeed at a higher risk of sids, opening new avenues for research into specific interventions. The next phase of her research could change the course of the more than 3,000 families who are impacted by sids each year.