On Wednesday, Kirk and Mary Ferentz announced they will donate $1 million dollars to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital in an effort to bolster research into helping premature babies.
Both Ferentzes have long been involved in making the University a better place and this is just another example of it.
The program is called the Savvy Ferentz Program in Neonatal Research and has a heart wrenching history. Savvy Ferentz was one of the Kirk and Mary’s grandchildren who sadly passed away after being born at just 21 weeks.
“We knew Savvy was born too early,” Mary said in a release.