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2023 Superhero Heart Run Ambassador – Wesley Laleman
Wesley was born with Truncus Arteriosus in February of 2016. Wes’ heart journey started before he was born. At our 18 week ultrasound, it was determined Wes had a heart defect and at 23 weeks of pregnancy, the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital was able to diagnose his heart defect as Truncus Arteriosus. […]
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2021 SuperHero Heart Run Ambassador- Andrew Burton
When Andrew was born we did not know of his heart defect. He was diagnosed the next morning with Tetrology of Fallot. As first time parents and now first time parents of a heart baby, his dad and I were terrified. Right away Andrew proved to not be a “typical” TOF baby. (As if there […]
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Superhero Heart Run 2021
The Des Moines Superhero Heart Run is BACK and we are ready to “Save the Day for #CongenitalHeartDefects“! Join forces with Help-A-Heart & Heart Heroes on Sunday, October 3 at Raccoon River Park Softball Complex (Coneflower Shelters) from 12-4 PM as we walk, run & FLY for those impacted by #CHD. Proceeds raised from this […]
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Help-A-Heart’s 16th Annual VIRTUAL Celebration of Life Auction
Due to continued COVID-19 concerns, we have made the decision to keep Help-A-Heart’s 16th Annual Celebration of Life Dinner & Silent Auction VIRTUAL again for 2021. While we can’t meet in person and enjoy the soda bar, hand out goodies to the kids, and enjoy a meal from Jethro’s BBQ, we can still meet virtually […]
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2020 Auction Ambassador – Paxton Naiditch
In the summer of 2018, our lives were rocked when we learned our second son, Paxton, had a congenital heart defect (CHD) called Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, or HLHS. At the time Elise was 20 weeks pregnant with him, and we were in the middle of a move from Chicago to Des Moines. Panic and […]
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Cards for a Cause
Help-A-Heart is excited to announce Cards for A Cause, an opportunity to buy some fun greeting cards & raise money for our organization at the same time! Until May 31, buy an Usborne Books & More Card Box (you choose the theme) for $30 & $13 from each box sold will go to Help-A-Heart. There […]
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Help-A-Heart’s 15th Annual Virtual Silent Auction
HELP-A-HEART’S 15TH ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF LIFE SILENT AUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT Due to the continued threat of COVID-19, we have made the difficult decision to move Help-A-Heart’s 15th Annual Celebration of Life Silent Auction to a virtual event for 2020. While we would love to hold this event in person, we feel that we can’t risk the […]
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Scheels – Giving Tuesday
We also were blessed today to be a part of Scheels #givingtuesday event where we received $2,000. Scheel’s gave out checks to numerous other nonprofits this morning so it was truly an honor to be among the recipients. We appreciate the community support that helps us to further our mission every day! Thanks to Scheel’s for the donation!
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Spark the Spirit
Thanks again to all who voted for us on Veridian’s Spark the Spirit campaign! So fun to receive this $5,000 check today from the employees who nominated us! ❤️
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Spark the Spirit!
We are excited to announce that thanks to all of our faithful supporters who shared & voted for us, we received $5,000 from Veridian Credit Union‘s Spark the Spirit campaign for the Des Moines metro area! We were honored & humbled to be a part of this event along with some very deserving nonprofits doing some […]
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