Love, Jessica is a 501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization designed to financially assist families with medical and funeral expenses after a miscarriage or stillbirth. Our mission is to ease the financial burden as well as help start the healing process.
When a family experiences a miscarriage or stillbirth, there is not much anyone can say to ease their heartbreak. When the medical and funeral bills start arriving a few weeks later, it is a cold reminder of their reality. While we cannot ease their heartache, we can alleviate the financial stress that follows. Our goal is to raise money through fundraising and sponsorship to help pay for those bills.
Love, Jessica was founded by Jennifer Jara, in honor of her first daughter, Jessica Lupita Jara, who was stillborn at 27 weeks gestation on July 1st 2014. The Organization launched on 7/1/2020, on baby Jessica's 6th Heavenly birthday!
*Organization Update*
Love, Jessica closed operations on July 1, 2023 after 3 years of helping families.
Love, Jessica has accomplished so much, on so many different levels in these 3 short years. We were able to fund a total of $94,142 in medical bills paid, for 215 different families, in 41 different states!
I started Love, Jessica with full disclosure on the mission and Jessica’s story. I am closing the Organization with the same full disclosure. I’m stopping for a few reasons…the first being time. My living kids are getting older and busier. Time is flying, and with my regular job as well, I just don’t have enough time, and I want to soak it all in as much as possible.
Second, I do feel like this Organization has served its purpose. It has made a lasting impression on countless people across the country, and with that, my Jessica’s name will live on!
When I started Love, Jessica, I really didn’t know the ‘end goal’, I just knew I wanted to start it and see where it went or else it would have been a lifelong regret. It has helped me tremendously in my own grief journey and whatever I 'needed' to process our loss, I have now, thanks to everyone who has supported us.
To everyone who has supported us through donations, sharing our page, sponsorships, attending the 5k’s, applying for assistance, sharing positive thoughts, etc…..each and every one of these things contributed to the success of this Organization. Thank you so much! WE have made a difference, YOU have made a difference!
Please continue to break the silence on miscarriage and stillbirth, it happens, let’s talk about it and not leave women and families to feel embarrassed, ashamed and grieve alone.
To my first child, our baby Jessica, tomorrow you would be turning 9! I hope this Organization has made you proud, and please know that you mattered, you made a difference and you will never be forgotten.
