ABOUT OUR FOUNDERS

John and Laura Loffredo were inspired to start The Adoption Hope Foundation after their journey through infertility and the adoption process. Laura writes:

“Our road to parenthood was not easy. My husband and I struggled with infertility for 6 years. We spent thousands of dollars. We had 8 failed fertility treatments and a miscarriage. I prayed every night for a baby and the longing inside my heart was unbearable. I didn’t understand why God was denying me the one thing I wanted more than anything in the world. I was angry, bitter and heartbroken. I couldn’t breathe. I have often referred to this time as the darkest time of my life.

When we finally made the decision to adopt, it was like a light in the darkness. I felt God’s presence every step of the way. For the first time in so long, there was hope. The first time I held my daughter in my arms when she was only a few minutes old, I was overcome with emotion. I felt 6 years of pain wash away, and at that moment, I understood the reason for everything. This little girl was always meant to be ours, it just took her a while to come to us. Three and a half years after our daughter was born, we completed our family by adopting our son. We were once again overcome by gratitude and emotion for this sweet little baby. Our family came together in the exact way that it was meant to. 

Adoption is a beautiful gift. It is a life altering experience that has allowed me to feel the deepest kind of love imaginable. Not only a love for my children, but for their birth parents who so selflessly placed them in the loving arms of my husband and I. They wanted them to have a life that they could not give. We so deeply wanted children that we could not conceive. We all needed something so desperately, and we found it in each other.

This beautiful experience is what inspired us to begin The Adoption Hope Foundation. The thought that some people would not be able to have a family simply because of the financial barrier was heartbreaking to us. And thinking about babies and children who would not be adopted simply because families couldn’t afford it was unacceptable. Through this foundation, we hope to bring many families together through the miraculous gift of adoption.