Provide support to children with heart defects and their families
Posted in CHD Support on 20. Apr, 2010
Goals
- Improve access to support by increasing number of groups by 30%
- Expand educationa 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%
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? |
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| $ 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 |
Go to http://www.refresheverything.com/mendedlittlehearts and vote!
