Medfield Kids Garage Sale Benefits National CMV Foundation

Kids Garage Sale at 139 Green Street, Medfield 9am-1pm on Saturday, May 20th!

All proceeds will be donated to the National CMV Foundation

National CMV Foundation

The National CMV Foundation is a public non-profit, 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization dedicated to educating women of childbearing age about congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV). The Foundation is guided by a 9-member Governing Board and is supported by a 7-member Associate Board.

National CMV was founded in July 2014 by Kristen & John Spytek in honor of their daughter, Evelyn Grace, born with congenital CMV. In January 2016, National CMV joined forces with three other, regional non-profits, all founded by patient families – Maddie’s Mission, Stop CMV, and Utah CMV Council – in an effort to combine strengths and increase impact in eliminating congenital CMV in the United States for the next generation.

VISION: To eliminate congenital CMV in the United States for the next generation.
MISSION: To prevent pregnancy loss, childhood death, and disability due to congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV).

Our PURPOSE is to prevent CMV infection in women of childbearing age, by:

• • Empowering women, parents, families, and local community networks through grassroots engagement to facilitate conversation and champion the cause (Highlight: Outreach and education events and
• programming, CMV Community Alliance Program)
• • Delivering consistent, clear messaging and evidence-based data that aids in prevention, educates the public and increases its understanding of congenital CMV (Highlight: Educational Downloads and resources, podcast, previous public health mini grants, RUSP application, etc.)
• • Influencing CMV research priorities regarding CMV prevention, treatment, and intervention (Highlight: Early Career Research Awards and PIDS Fellowship)
• • Advocating for a CMV vaccine and raising funds for CMV research. (Highlight: Work with patient advocate meetings with Moderna in 2020, upcoming endurance events, and fundraising opportunities).
• Congenital CMV
• • CMV, is a member of the herpes virus family. Coming into contact with the CMV virus is a common occurrence, typically harmless to the general population. A CMV infection can causes cold-like symptoms, such as a sore throat, fever, fatigue and swollen glands. These mild cytomegalovirus symptoms last for only a few short weeks and are rarely a cause for concern for healthy kids or adults.
• • Congenital CMV is the most common viral infection that infants are born with in the United States, occurring in about 1 in 200 births (30,000+ per year). Yet, 91% of women do not know about it.
• • CMV is a silent disease – meaning most people who are infected have no signs of symptoms
• (asymptomatic) – the mother is likely unaware she has CMV during her pregnancy.
• • Statistically, about 30 to 50 percent of women of childbearing age in the U.S. have never been infected with CMV. Of these, about 1 to 4 percent will have their first CMV infection during a pregnancy (primary infection), giving them approximately a 40 percent chance of passing the virus to their unborn child. • Reinfection or reactivation of CMV during pregnancy can also occur.
• • According to the CDC, between 50-80% of those in the US have had a CMV infection by the time they reach 40 years old.
• • cCMV can cause severe birth defects in children and is the leading non-genetic cause of hearing loss.

National CMV Foundation
P.O. Box 18322, Tampa, FL 33679
NationalCMV.org