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Spark the Spirit
Help us win $5,000! Help-A-Heart is honored to be nominated for Veridian Credit Union‘s (Des Moines metro area) Spark the Spirit award for 2019! Veridian is donating $5,000 to the charity that receives the most votes. Thanks to Andrea Hudnut & Faith Elizabeth Smythe for nominating Help-A-Heart! -$5,000 will help 13 families facing a month-long hospital stay for […]
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6th Annual Superhero Heart Run – 2019
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 13 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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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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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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2019 Auction Ambassador – Jameson Heidesch
Meet Jameson! During the holiday season 2017, our full-term baby boy kept us on pins and needles all winter and into the spring, living in the hospital. In utero, we knew about a VSD, but doctors were not concerned and said the VSD closed. After Jameson was born, our lives were stripped away from us when […]
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14th Annual Celebration of Life Dinner & Silent Auction ~ LISTING INCLUDED
Dear Help-A-Heart Supporter, We are just under a week away from Help-A-Heart’s 14th Annual ‘Celebration of Life’ Dinner & Silent Auction! As promised, attached below you will find the listing of auction items that will be available on Monday, June 24th, at the event. If you are unable to attend the event, you can email […]
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2018 Superhero Heart Run Ambassador ~ Zion Svoboda
Zion was born 11/26/14 with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). He was undiagnosed until 2 weeks after birth. It’s no surprise that when these things happen, you are in shock. We were feeling all sorts of worry and stress, fear and anxiousness. Not too long after we put word out about Zion’s heart, we were contacted […]
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It’s Not How Fast You Run That Makes the Race Good, It’s the Love Along the Way
written by Shannon Boyd, Hudson’s mom (originally posted on Heart Heroes‘ blog, reposted with permission) That’s me, the mom crouched down on the bottom left with the headband. That’s my kid, Hudson, running. We went to the Des Moines Superhero Heart Run last year, hoping he would like being surrounded by other kids with special hearts. Or […]
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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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Happy 2018!
Happy 2018 from Help-A-Heart! A few of our heart heroes, Carver, Kiran, Kellan & Addison would like to wish you a happy new year! We are so blessed by a wonderful 2017 & can’t wait to see what the new year brings! To our amazing & steadfast supporters who make it possible to do what we […]
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