
2026 Winners' Showcase
INTERN:
Cristy Murray, FNP-C, FCPI
Anchorage, AK
- Participated in March for Life Alaska
- Promoted CrMS and NaPro with Community Pregnancy Center of Anchorage and Heart to Heart Pregnancy Resource Center, Eagle River, AK
INSTITUTIONAL:
Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Department of FertilityCare Services
St. Louis, MO
Elizabeth Kauffeld, RN, BSN, CMSRN, CFCE (Submitted by Kathy Graveman, CFCE)
- Practitioners participated in a FertilityCare Fun Facts Quiz with the winner receiving a prize.
- Practitioners wrote a short article and a bulletin ad and met with their priest to promote advertising through the churches.
- Dropped off snack bags for the seven NaPro MDs in the area and their staff along with a card using the Simply You campaign, thanking them for their referrals. For those outside of driving distance, rack cards, a letter, and some stickers were mailed.
- At Mercy Hospital, they manned a table outside the cafeteria for two days during WWFCW and spoke to approximately 50 people. They also made a “reel” with the Practitioners talking about FertilityCare Services that was posted to Mercy’s social media that week.
INDEPENDENT:
Olive Branch FertilityCare Center
Atchison, KS
Kajda Downs, CFCP
- Participated in Women’s Summit at Benedictine College presenting to a group of college women about how to live in harmony with their hormones.
- Participated in a panel discussion with presenters of other topics. Many questions were answered regarding fertility and women’s health topics.
Previous Winners
DIOCESAN
- 2024 – FertilityCare Services: Diocese of Charleston, SC
- 2023 – FertilityCare Services: Diocese of Charleston, SC
- 2022 – FertilityCare Center Diocese of Lincoln
- 2021 – FertilityCare Services Catholic Diocese of Wichita
- 2018 – St. Gerard Majella FertilityCare Services
INDEPENDENT
- 2025 – Natural Fruit FertilityCare Services
- 2024 – Cedar of Lebanon FertilityCare Center
- 2023 – FertilityCare Guate/Centro SJPII
- 2022 – Steubenville FertilityCare Center
- 2021 – FertilityCare Jardines de Querataro
- 2019 – Fiat FertilityCare Center – Marshalltown Satellite
ORGANIZATIONAL
- 2023 – Genesis FertilityCare Center (Brazil)
- 2022 – Gianna FertilityCare Services
INTERN
- 2025 – Thao Lai, FNP-C, FCPI
- 2024 – Shannon Tumelty, FCPI
- 2019 – Catherine “Kiki” Bertasi, FCPI
- 2018 – Emily Appeldorn, FCPI
INSTITUTIONAL
- 2025 – FertilityCare Center of Omaha
- 2024 – FertilityCare Center of Omaha
- 2023 – FertilityCare Center of Omaha
- 2022 – UPMC Divine Mercy FertilityCare Services
- 2021 – Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Department of FertilityCare Services
- 2019 – Catholic FertilityCare Center of Western New York
- 2018 – Mercy Hospital St. Louis, Department of FertilityCare Services