Our Story

After fifteen years of navigating the complexities of her daughter’s life threatening condition, Our Executive Director, TyiaLynn, noticed a big gap in information that is being provided to parents. Critically Loved was created to help other parents who have found themselves on a similar path.

We will meet with parents one on one to answer questions, support them spiritually and emotionally, point them to financial resources and help them organize to manage their child’s healthcare. As a result, more time can be spent caring for and loving their child.

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit, Critically Loved never charges families for the support they provide.

In addition to this online resource, we partner with pediatricians offices, specialized charities and children’s hospitals to distribute a “Getting Started” binder at the onset of a child’s diagnosis. The binder becomes the child’s Medical Binder to organize their healthcare. It also contains information parents need to get started and templates of forms they need. If you are a pediatric health provider or nonprofit in the Louisville, KY area and would like to provide these to families you serve, please contact us at

admin@criticallyloved.org

Critically Loved also offers group support to parents in churches around our community. Over the course of 8 weeks, we help parents release anger about their child’s condition, see beauty among the ashes and draw closer to their faith. This has become the heartbeat of Critically Loved. Visit our Events Page to learn when the next one will begin.

Thanks to a grant from WHAS Crusade for Children, we are able to provide professional Counseling to a special needs child when there is a financial need. To apply, Click Here

Click Here to watch a news interview to learn how Critically Loved started and get a glimpse of the heart of our Executive Director

Critically Loved is funded 100% by donations. You can help other parents of chronically and critically ill children by making a tax deductable donation. We can’t exist without your help.

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Vision Statement

“Critically Loved seeks to positively impact the lives of families with chronically or critically ill children by assisting them in navigating hospital stays, bill payment, and schooling issues as well as providing educational, recreational, and spiritual support to foster community.”

Partners connecting us with parents

Chronic Joy is a global resource ministry dedicated to compassionately serving all those affected by chronic illness, mental illness, chronic pain, and disability by providing accessible, easy-to-use, faith-based educational tools and resources.

Financial Supporters

Meet Our Team

Angie Shaw Pryor

Chairman
of the Board

Angie and her husband, Andrew, have two amazing daughters. Angie has grown up in the family real estate business working under her father, Rick Shaw, since 1996. In 2005, she took time off from the business to raise her two children and help in her husband’s business. She’s now back to the family business being a full time realtor. Angie served for eight years with Crossroads Pregnancy Center, three of which she was special events chair on the Board of Directors. She has also volunteered at her church and with other nonprofits for over 20 years.

Bruce Zoeller

Board Member
Vice Chairman

Bruce is the founder and president of The Christian Advantage, a company that provides Biblical business training and coaching to CEOs and business leaders since 1996. He served on the Zoeller Company Board of Directors from 1997 – 2006. He is a graduate of the University of Louisville J.B. Speed School of Engineering with a B.A. in Computer Technology. He has served on numerous board of directors, including Covenant Classical Academy (2010 – 2014), Orphan Care Alliance (2011-2015), Zoeller Family Business LLC (2003 – present), and the Zeefam Trust (2005 – 2010). He is currently the chairman of the board of Pumping For Life, a nonprofit providing clean water to the people of Honduras. Married to Kris for 25 years. He has 4 children and 5 grandchildren.

Dawn Krebs

Board Member
Treasurer

Dawn Krebs has been traveling the world since she was thirteen years old with her father who is a minister and the founder of New Horizons Youth Ranch, a home for street kids in Brasil. Dawn worked as a volunteer at the Ranch in Brasil for ten years. She taught grades pre-K through 12 for over 23 years, worked as a VIP Tour Guide at Universal Orlando Resort, and has worked as an administrator for various ministries and businesses. She is a mom/bonus-mom and nan to three amazing boys and two grandbabies. She is the primary owner and administrator of Krebs Kontracting in Louisville and a travel agent for Magical Moments Vacations.

Kathy Boyer

Board Member
Secretary

For the past 44 years Kathy Boyer has been a financial advisor with Stifel, Nicolaus and Co. where she has enjoyed helping her clients meet their financial goals and retire well. It has also afforded her the time to serve the people and ministries close to her heart –Scarlet Hope, Nepali Refugee ministry, Seed to Oaks, Critically Loved, and the 6:21 Experience. She has been married to her husband , Pete, for 26 years, and they are the proud parents of three grown children and 6 grandchildren. Kathy enjoys staying active—in her personal life, church and community. If she is not working, walking with friends or riding her bike, she can be found at Bible Study Fellowship, serving as a Decision Guide at Southeast Christian Church, or at a sporting event for one of her grandsons. Kathy is driven by a love for Christ and others, and is honored to serve as a Board member of Critically Loved.

DeeDee
Evers

Board Member

Daphne Evers currently serves as secretary for Critically Loved and brings our team over 20 years of experience of working with nonprofit organizations. She has served as an Occupational Therapy Assistant with various medical facilities and public education institutions. She is currently employed as the Assistive Technology Coordinator for Oldham County Schools and provides independent consulting services for surrounding public school systems. Aside from the important roles as wife and mother of two, Daphne finds herself giving back to the community in various ways, including serving as a team member of Critically Loved to demonstrate the hope and love found in Jesus Christ.

Ann Bailey Smith

Nonvoting
Board Member

Ann Bailey Smith joined the Board of Critically Loved in the summer of 2019. She is a Circuit Court Judge for Jefferson County, having first been elected to the bench as a District Court Judge in 2008 where she served for six years before being elected to Circuit Court in November 2014. Ann also serves as a Drug Court judge where the goal is to deal with people struggling with addiction through treatment rather than incarceration. Ann and her husband, Leo, are the parents of four wonderful adult children and are grandparents to five precious grandchildren.

TyiaLynn Scott

Executive Director

TyiaLynn was co-owner of a small consulting firm for 16 years. In her spare time, she founded Critically Loved in 2015 to help other parents of critically and chronically ill children navigate a difficult road. She wanted to make more of an impact, so in 2017 she shifted all of her professional energy to Critically Loved. She has 15 years combined experience serving on the Board of Directors with other nonprofits. Alongside her husband, Beau, TyiaLynn focuses on her three children, managing her daughter’s life threatening condition, time with friends and family, and working full time with Critically Loved.

Megan Doyle

Grants Director

Megan Doyle joined Critically Loved in January 2023 as our Grants Director. After getting her Masters in Social Work from the University of Louisville in 2016, Megan joined the nonprofit world working with low-income older adults and individuals with disabilities. She was excited for the opportunity to join the Critically Loved team in 2023 and make a difference. Megan, and her husband Tyler, welcomed their son in late 2022. Aside from working and being a wife and mom, Megan enjoys riding her Peloton, reading, and playing with her 4 dogs.