Mended Little Hearts of Winchester

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We would like to thank all of the folks who came out to our blood drive – we were able to collect 23 units! Also big thanks to the MOM Club of Winchester East for their volunteers!
Attention all runners!! Two big events are coming up: Apple Blossom 10K for Team Aron in Winchester and the Hearts of Hope 5K in Broadway, VA

For more information and to register for the Hearts of Hope 5K : check out our page here! All proceeds from this race will benefit Mended Little Hearts of Winchester and is in memory of Katelyn Showalter.
For more information on the Apple Blossom 10K Team Aron event : check out the Apple Blossom website (please note, this is not an event organized by Mended Little Hearts, we are only participants in the 10K to spread awareness!)

Our meetings are held at the Winchester Medical Center, Systems Support Building in Conference Rooms 1 & 2. They are the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 6:30 pm.

Check out our CHD awareness video!
Please note that some of the images may be too graphic for some viewers.

*Song credit: “Broken” by Lifehouse

Mission

Mended Little Hearts, a support program for parents of children with heart defects and heart disease, is dedicated to inspiring hope in those who care for the littlest heart patients of all. Mended Little Hearts offers resources and a caring support network as families find answers and move forward to find healing and hope.

We have monthly meetings the 2nd Tuesday of each month. They are located at the Winchester Medical Center Systems Support Building at 6:30 pm.

CHD Facts

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in the United States. Approximately 36,000 babies each year will have some form of congenital heart defect.

Up to 1.3 million Americans alive today have congenital heart defects.

Nearly twice as many children die from congenital heart defects in the U.S. than from all forms of childhood cancer combined, yet CHD research receives 1/5 of the funding

Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death for children age 15 and younger, and congenital heart defects, alone, claim about 3,600 lives per year.

In 2004, there were more than 139,000 hospitalizations of infants and children for a congenital cardiovascular defect; hospital charges were $2.6 billion.

Congenital heart defects have lifelong consequences, and while the life expectancy is increasing, it is still not equal to the national average.