HelpCureHD aims to eradicate Huntington’s disease, one healthy baby at a time. Our signature grant program provides financial assistance to families at-risk for Huntington’s disease to achieve their dreams of having a child that is HD-free through PGT-IVF.
Huntington’s disease is a hereditary brain disorder with no current known cure. Over 30,000 people are suffering from Huntington’s disease in the United States alone. The disease causes a deterioration in nerve cells, making it difficult to complete everyday tasks- walking becomes difficult, cognition slows, and the individual becomes completely unable to care for themselves.
HelpCureHD was inspired by Lee Smith, mother of MLB veteran, Joe Smith. Lee was diagnosed with HD in 2012, and passed in 2020, just shy of her 62nd birthday. Joe and his wife, TNT reporter Allie LaForce are fulfilling a promise made to Lee to end Huntington’s disease, one family at at time. To do so, they created HelpCureHD, which provides funding to families in financial need, to have families free from this devastating disease.
