It's time to spread the word.
I'd like to invite EVERYONE EVERYWHERE to join in and launch as many balloons as possible on Sat. Oct. 3rd. On each balloon you can attach a card, found below, giving facts about CHDs. Visit a dollare store near you and purchase as many balloons as you'd like! Print and attach your cards and launch away!!! (Please feel free to copy and paste, add or delete any information found on the card.) Hopefully this valuable information will provide some awareness of CHDs. Please feel free to tell your friends, family, and carepage families.
Congenital Heart DefectsTell someone you love about Congenital Heart Defects!
~CHD's are the most common birth defect in America~1 in 100 children (40,000 newborns a year) will be born with some type of heart defect
~CHD's are responsible for 1/3 of all birth defect related deaths
~20 percent of children who make it through birth will not survive past their first birthday
~Although a child is born every 15 minutes with a CHD, research continues to be grossly under-funded in America
~Of every dollar the government spends on medical funding, only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research
~There are more than 40 different types of congenital heart defects. Little is known about the cause of most of them~There is no known prevention or cure for any of them
~More than 50% of all children born with congenital heart defect will require at least one invasive surgery in their lifetime
~The cost for inpatient surgery to repair CHDs exceeds $2.2 billion a year
~CHD is the leading cause of infant death in the US and in every country around the world
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Thank you so much for your help in spreading awareness.
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Looking good Trish. I will figure out how to do some of the side bar stuff and let you know. LOVE the heart with the train!!! THis is great....something a few friends and I have talked about ourselves, more about the Hypoplastic left like our kids have but CHD none the less....Count me in on the balloon drop...It might not happen that particular day...ALTHOUGH, I could have balloons ready for everyone at Tuckers party and have everyone drop them for awareness....HMMMM might have to look into that one. That would be soo cool!! OK, so add that to my long list of things to get ready by next weekend.
ReplyDeleteHUGS to you....keep up the VOICE, your doing great.
Wow! I love the site! The video is FANTASTIC!! Reminds me so much of my guy Colton. He's been through so much but continues to dance his days away right now. Wish we could help with the balloon launch, but there's some latex allergies here (bummer). We'll be thinking of you that day though!
ReplyDeleteI love the site. It is beautiful. I will let ballons go for sure. Heart Hugs always!!
ReplyDeleteAlyssa