“All educators deserve to be highlighted and celebrated for the tireless, phenomenal work they do each day,” said Briana Morales, an East St. Louis educator who was 2023 Illinois Teacher of the Year.
Eden s Army is helping children and families who find themselves in the CICU. Author: KSDK Staff Updated: 12:08 PM CST February 26, 2021
ST. LOUIS Eden’s Army is a nonprofit created by a truly gracious couple in Belleville, Illinois. They lost their newborn daughter about seven years ago. Now their organization is on a mission to make sure their daughter’s legacy lives on by caring for children and families who find themselves in the cardiac intensive care unit.
Eden’s Army started out as Jared and Adrianne Neville wanting to help other people, but they say that the foundation has actually helped to heal them. They lost their newborn daughter 7 years ago after spending about a month in the cardiac intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital as she battled an infection that attacked her tiny heart. The Neville’s started the foundation Eden’s Army to make sure her spirit and her story live on.