@Heart
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We Support Kids, Teens, Adults and Families @Heart
We Provide Functional and Emotional Support
We Fund Equipment
We Educate
We Inform
We Fund Research
We Listen, We Learn, We Act
We Make A Difference
@Heart is the only organisation in New Zealand dedicated to providing life long support to the 12 babies born every week with a heart condition, and those who acquire a childhood heart condition as a result of rheumatic fever, cardiomyopathy or Kawasaki disease.
These children and their families need practical (@) and emotional (♥) support to help them cope with the immediate and ongoing challenges of living with a childhood heart condition. That’s what @Heart is here for.
The services we provide include (but are not limited to) information, training, counseling and psychological support, specialised equipment, camps, family matching, social affiliation, and financial assistance.
Did you know?
• A congenital heart condition is the most common birth abnormality in NZ needing ongoing medical intervention
• A heart beats for the first time around 21 days after conception
• One in every hundred of those tiny beating hearts will form incorrectly (this is when our work @Heart begins…)
• 450 children have open heart surgery each year in NZ
• Every year, 30-40 heart children will lose their battle and become heart angels
• There is no prevention or cure for a congenital heart condition
• An estimated 125,000 people in New Zealand living with childhood heart disease
These statistics show the far-reaching impact of childhood heart conditions in NZ. However, our heart children, teens, adults and families are not just statistics. They often speak of the feeling of being different, loneliness and isolation and they need your help.
@Heart has to raise the funds required for all the services we provide. We are reliant on the generous donations from the community and individuals like you to enable us to continue supporting heart kids through life.
Winning a donation from Sovereign will help us achieve:
Donations received will help towards the provision of Family Support Service and the development of new services for heart children and their families. Family Support is our core service delivered by a team of experienced family support workers as well as enthusiastic volunteers. They educate and give information to parents about their child’s heart conditions, help them prepare for their child’s hospital admission, provide access to professionals and resources, connect them with other families with similar needs, and give practical assistance such as emergency packs, mobile phones, food vouchers and transport. With appropriate and timely support to help heart children and their families cope with the immediate and ongoing challenges of childhood heart conditions, they will be better able to be participating members of the community.
Our details:
| Registration No: | CC20102 |
| Region: | Hawke's Bay/East Coast, Waikato/Bay of Plenty/Rotorua, Manawatu/Wanganui/Kapiti, Northland, Taranaki, Wellington, Auckland, Central Auckland, South Auckland, North Auckland, West Auckland, East Auckland, Canterbury/South Canterbury, Southland, West Coast, Nelson/Marlborough |
| Category: | Children's disability support, Children's health - mental wellness and support for emotional trauma, Parental advice and support, Children's health and rehabilitation, Teenage advice & support, Children's health - life threatening illness |
| Contact Person: | Emma Burton (Events & Sponsorship Coordinator) |
| Address: | PO Box 108-034 Symonds Street Auckland |
| Telephone: | (09) 3779950 x 813 |
| Email: | emma.burton@heartnz.org.nz |
| Website: | www.heartnz.org.nz |
| No. helped nationally: | 3000 |
| No. helped per project: | 3000 |
| Existing sponsors or funders: | ASB Trust Lion Foundation Lottery Grants Board Canon Retail Food Group SaveMart Speedy Signs Manukau Supercheap Auto Roche Diagnostics NZ Ltd |
