On Friday June 10th the Harboring Hearts team joined efforts with Deloitte for their annual IMPACT Day! With more than 15 volunteers, we hosted three intricate activities to create care packages for patients with newborn babies at Montefiore Medical Center. We began the community event bright and early, starting off with icebreakers to learn more about […]
Harboring Hearts launched its first “Hope 4 Hearts Day” this past Saturday, May 14th 2016 with the Gambini family. Hope 4 Hearts Day (H4H) was established to create a personalized day of adventure and activities for a family in New York City. Our mission is to provide hope and inspiration for the patient and their […]
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RIDGEFIELD PARK — Josanne Archibald isn’t sure what her family would have done without Harboring Hearts. Her son Mason, born June 5, needed a heart transplant. She and her husband Damion would need to miss work to be at the hospital almost every day until a donor was identified. Harboring Hearts, a New York-based non-profit, offered […]
Johan and Tariq Lopez are bright, bubbly five-year-old twins who have survived nearly insurmountable odds. Both boys were diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, the same disease that claimed the life of a sister who died before they were born. With more than 100,000 people waiting for an organ transplant in the U.S., the two young boys received […]
“I must say that our family is truly appreciative of your organization and its mission. Gabrielle has been through many difficulties in the past 5 years. Gabrielle Hawkins was born March 11, 2006, and at the age of 3 months old, she was diagnosed with Cardiomyopathy. Gabrielle has had many health battles since her initial […]
Jacqui, a mother from Little Ferry, NJ is just one of the many who were affected by Hurricane Sandy. Jackie’s life is full of responsibilities-she is receiving treatment for cancer, and is also caring for her three children during her separation from her husband. In addition, Jacqui’s 13 year-old son Brandon had received a heart […]
At the beginning of Summer 2014, 6-year-old Zion was in the ICU and listed for a heart transplant. Surgery was reported to be complex, yet he is now doing very well and even “surprised” the medical team. The parents have two other children, ages 13 and 16, and the father recently started a new job. […]
After undergoing a life-saving cardiac procedure, Harboring Hearts helped to relieve costs associated with Daquain Jenkins’ stay at the Transplant Living Center. In the event of an emergency, Jenkins would be a short distance from the hospital, which, according to Jenkins, helped reduce stress during healing. “In and out of the hospital, having a lot […]
Evelyn’s 2-year-old daughter, Izabella, received a heart transplant when she was 17-months-old. Evelyn, mother of 5, lives in Flushing, Queens and is originally from the Dominican Republic. Harboring Hearts met Evelyn and Izabella at one of our community events, and since then they have been an integral part of our growing heart support community. Evelyn […]