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2019 Superhero Heart Run Ambassador – Charlie Strand
Charlie’s Journey – The Best is Yet to Come…. Written by Staci Strand, Charlie’s mother Sometimes the simplest of sayings, while you may not know it at the time, have different meanings each time it is brought into focus. There’s a lot packed into a simple phrase like, The Best is Yet to Come. […]
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September Heart Angel – In Loving Memory of Milena Vanderflugt – 9.2.16 – 4.10.17
Your precious little feet, little hands, beautiful face, and fighting spirit…. our sweet Milena, you will be in our hearts forever. “There is something wrong with your baby’s heart. You need to deliver the baby today.” I was in the doctor’s office for my 36 week check up and waited to hear the ultra sound […]
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Thank You for your AMAZING Support!
We feel truly blessed & incredibly grateful by the amount of support shown to our organization Monday night at our 14th Annual Celebration Of Life Dinner & Silent Auction. We are so excited to share that it was another RECORD BREAKING year! We raised over $22,000 and had over 400 people come help us celebrate […]
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May Heart Mom – Shannon Boyd
“It’s going to be okay”, my husband said, at some point early in our journey with our son, who has hypoplastic left heart syndrome. I stared at him in disbelief. “ It is NEVER going to be okay”, I said through clenched teeth. “It is not going to be okay if he dies, and it’s […]
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April Heart Angel – In Loving Memory of Mara Ann Webb – 10.20.15 – 11.11.15
Mara Ann Webb October 20- November 11, 2015 Mara was born October 20, 2015 at 32 weeks after a fairly normal pregnancy. Just like her brothers, she had lots of black hair and she was born early. Since I had previous preterm babies, I had extra ultrasounds and everything appeared to be normal. Being premature […]
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THANK YOU FOR AN AMAZING 2018!
Dear Help-A-Heart Friends, As we reflect back 2018, we are truly blessed by the support of all of our heart families & their loved ones. We are challenged daily to further our mission of ‘sharing love by providing emotional and financial support to Iowa families affected by congenital heart disease (CHD). Here’s a few highlights from our year… 84 […]
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Help-A-Heart’s 13th Annual ‘Celebration of Life’ Dinner & Silent Auction
Dear Help-A-Heart Supporter, We are less than a week away from Help-A-Heart’s 13th Annual ‘Celebration of Life’ Dinner & Silent Auction! As promised, attached you will find the listing of auction items that will be available on Monday, June 25, at the event. If you are unable to attend the event, you can email auction […]
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Dear Me Blog Series: Kate Simpson
Dear me, Just breathe! Slow down, and breathe. You didn’t plan for this. You weren’t ready for this, but I wish I could tell you to soak in everything to come…and just breathe! Today you had a baby. A beautiful baby girl who wasn’t supposed to be here for 3 more weeks. You didn’t understand […]
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Dear Me Blog Series: Michelle Pfantz
Dear Me- Though Your Heart Breaks, Noah Will Forever Keep It Whole, The one thing you KNEW you wanted to be when you grew up was a mom, seven years down the road it is the only thing you KNOW you’re meant to do. Noah’s miraculous deformed heart will grow you as a Christian and […]
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Dear Me Blog Series: Wendy Meyer
Dear Me, I want you to know that everything will be alright! You will have an amazing heart warrior that will touch the lives of so many people and it will change you forever! I know you thought being a stay at home mom was super easy with one child, but life is going to […]
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