MISSION STATEMENT:
To provide desperately needed heart surgery
to underprivileged children around the world.
When was the last time you were part of a miracle? Most of us are not doctors. We're not soldiers or firefighters. And so it isn't everyday that we get the opportunity to do something truly amazing. It isn't everyday that we have the chance to help save a dying child's life. But today is not like every other day. Today may change two lives forever, yours and the life of the child you help to save.
HeartGift is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of pediatric cardiothoracic surgeons, doctors, hospitals and volunteer families. It was formed for the sole purpose of providing desperately needed heart surgery to underprivileged children around the world.
With the support of Children's Hospital of Austin, volunteer host families, and ordinary people like you, HeartGift hopes to continue saving the lives of many children born with life threatening heart conditions.
Looking into the eyes of a child, the possibilities seem endless. Maybe he'll be an astronaut. Perhaps she'll be an inventor, an artist, a poet, a scientist, a president, a mother, or the one person who finds a cure to global famine. No one knows for sure, though one thing remains certain; none of these dreams will ever be realized by those who don't have a chance to grow up at all.
Each day, hundreds of children around the world are born with life threatening heart conditions. In the United States, the vast majority of children who are born with these conditions receive immediate care and go on to live long and healthy lives.
The sad truth however, is that in many countries adequate care is not available. Because of this fact many children are lost, and a great number are forced to live severely handicapped lives.
With your help, HeartGift can make a difference. Never forget that every one of us has the ability to help save a life. By joining together we can all be miracle makers. By combining our resources, our skills and our loving kindness we can save many more lives, one gift at a time.
