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Help us raise awareness by buying a Valentine's Day card this Sweetheart Day
Do something different this Valentine’s Day and donate to HeartKids to help the 8 Aussie babies born every day with congenital heart disease.
Sweetheart Day is all about awareness and raising funds so HeartKids can expand its community outreach.
Help us raise awareness of congenital (or acquired during childhood) heart disease by purchasing and wearing one of these bracelets
Host your own event or fundraiser or sponsor a friend
Join an existing HeartKids run event in your State
Buy Valentine's Day cards or send an e-card, sell a box at your workplace or school this Sweetheart Day
Help double the impact by asking your company to be part of our giving day - 14 February
Sweetheart Day is our annual flagship event held on February 14 - International Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day (aka Valentine’s Day). During February we are raising awareness and funds to support the 8 babies born every day with a heart defect. That means that every 3 hours, the life of a family changes in a heartbeat.
Sadly 4 young lives are lost to CHD each week. Sweetheart Day is your chance to join in the fight against this disease.
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15-year-old Freya from Hobart was diagnosed with a form of congenital heart disease called Absent Pulmonary Valve Syndrome before she was born. Freya had her first surgery at 6 months old and spent the first 9 months of her life in hospital.
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9-year-old, Logan’s journey with congenital heart disease started when he was a month old. Logan’s mum, Jayde, was told the heartbreaking news that her baby had a heart condition called tetralogy of Fallot which means he was born with four heart defects.
Jake and Lauren Litchfield found out at their 20 weeks scan that their baby girl Madeline had a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and then a week later during another scan she also had transposition of the great arteries (TGA), both serious forms of CHD.
Peta and Brett Hearn began their journey with congenital heart disease (CHD) during pregnancy at their 20-week scan, which picked up on their daughter Izabella’s heart condition.
Life changes in a heartbeat for families impacted by congenital heart disease
There are certain things in life that one can’t prepare for, such as the moment a parent is told their newborn has been diagnosed with congenital heart disease. Suddenly a momentous occasion quickly turns to sadness and things change in a heartbeat.
This February we are raising funds and awareness of the impact that congenital or childhood acquired heart disease has on families.
Sweetheart Day 2023