Provide support to children with heart defects and their families,Mended Little Hearts, A Program of The Mended Hearts, Inc.
Goals
- Improve access to support by increasing number of groups by 30%
- Expand educational materials for distribution to more than 4000 parents
- Improve access to resources by creating interactive resource database
- Improve awareness to decrease death rates and increase life expectancy
- Improve quality of life by increasing care package distribution by 50%
To visit and vote please click here I could not think of a more worthy cause. I voted on behalf of my brother and cousin. Read on for an overview of CHDs.
Overview
Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) are the most common birth defect, impacting 40,000 infants each year. Twice as many children die from CHD than all forms of childhood cancer combined. Families who have children with CHD are often in crisis and need the support Mended Little Hearts (MLH) provides.
Mended Little Hearts currently has 50 groups in 22 states, providing peer-to-peer interaction, educational programs, hospital visiting, and creating awareness using media and other instrumentality. We will increase these services by creating more volunteer-led community support groups and by generating awareness in communities and in the nation. This will enhance medical care and result in more children and families having access to much needed resources and emotional support. Deliverables
*At least 25 new community support groups
*Production of 10,000 heart defect awareness packets
*At least 5 press mentions about congenital heart defect impact
*150+ hospital care packages
How will the 50K be Used?
$ 20,000 materials and travel for mentors for new community group creation
$ 10,000 production of congenital heart defect awareness packets
$ 5,000 produce care packages for families with children in the hospital
$ 10,000 creating informational packets for hospitals to give to families
$ 5,000 creating social media and media materials to promote awareness
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