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Click here to watch the KCRA News Interview featuring Forever Our Little One. Click play & listen to CapRadio NPR interview with Jennifer Canvasser. Davis, CA – Mother-daughter duo Jennifer Canvasser and Leslie Napolitano have published Forever Our Little One,…
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The NEC Society is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to advancing NEC research, education, and advocacy. Since our founder, Jennifer Canvasser, lost her son Micah to complications of NEC, the organization has been fortunate to receive funding from the Patient-Centered Outcomes…
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Written by Judith Mehl – first-time granny to Gali Ari Rotem September 10 is Grandparents Day, and as a first-time granny I should be elated. But instead, my family is in deep sorrow… My husband, Ken, and I were awoken…
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Davis, CA – Mother-daughter duo Jennifer Canvasser and Leslie Napolitano have published Forever Our Little One, a storybook for bereaved families. Jennifer is the executive director of the Necrotizing Enterocolitis (NEC) Society, which she founded after her son Micah tragically…
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By Linseigh Green, NEC Society Outreach Manager After graduating from NYU, the NEC Society invited me to share my story of growing up as a NEC survivor. At the 2019 NEC Symposium, I told the ballroom full of clinicians about…
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The NEC Society is thrilled to welcome Julia Goldstein as our Development Director. Julia has over 20 years of professional fundraising experience in the nonprofit sector, as well as a deeply personal appreciation for the power of giving. Julia was…
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Please help us raise awareness and funds to build a world without necrotizing enterocolitis! Here’s how you can get involved: Make a tax-deductible donation to the NEC Society Read and share our What is NEC? info sheet Read and share…
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Thanks to our generous community of supporters, in 2019 the NEC Society brought us closer to a world without necrotizing enterocolitis. Over the last year, we’ve engaged thousands of diverse stakeholders from around the globe. Together, we’ve launched research projects,…
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Written by Dr. Ana Ruzic Do, a pediatric surgeon at the University of Kentucky For anyone who cared for Connor and his family during his 6-month NICU stay, he is the very definition of hope. Prior to meeting Connor and…
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