Lifelong Fayette County resident Dr. Nicole Dice was recently honored for her work in education by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators (PASA).
The nonprofit organization Loving Daniel, based in Uniontown, started with one familyâs devastating loss, but has led them to help hundreds of others through similar pain.
Nicole and Bill Diceâs son, Daniel John, was born at 8:38 a.m. on Nov. 6, 2015. By 10:07 a.m. he was gone, succumbing to a fatal form of dwarfism known as thanatophoric dysplasia. The couple spent 89 minutes with their son before he passed away, and then another three days at the hospital with him, making memories, grieving and then saying goodbye.
Through this tragedy, the Dices decided they wanted to help other families get through similar hardships and honor their sonâs memory by creating a nonprofit in his name.