CARWASH

Ok the car wash is Saturday May 2nd @ Autozone in Mesa on Power Rd.. Here is the address: 119 N Power rd Mesa AZ 85206, We are going to start at 8am and are gonna try to go all day long so come out and get your car wash and contibute to Angel Heart Baskets.

Feel free to email me with anyother questions at bridgettemann@rocketmail.com or angelheartbaskets@yahoo.com

Thank you

CAR WASH

The AHB Team is holding two diferent car washes on May 2nd to raise funds to start the basksets. I will post again with more details on what time and locations.

Please show your support... You can go to our web site above.

My PIc

 

Here are some of the alarming facts about CHD's. Did you know That Congenital heart defects are America's #1 birth defect. Nearly one of every 85 babies is born with a CHD in the US.

Congenital heart defects are the Number 1 cause of birth defect related deaths.

This year almost 40,000 babies will be born with a congenital heart defect in the US. 4,000 of them will not live to see their first birthday.

91,000 life years are lost each year in this country due to congenital heart defects.

The cost for inpatient surgery to repair congenital heart defects exceeds $2.2 billion a year.

Congenital heart defects occur frequently and are often life threatening, yet research into them is grossly under funded.

Only one penny of every dollar donated to the American Heart Association goes towards congenital heart defect research.

Of every dollar the government spends on medical funding only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research.

More than 50% of all children born with a congenital heart defect will require at least one invasive surgery in their lifetime.

There are 35 different types of congenital heart defects. Little is known about the cause of most them. There is not yet a cure for any of them.

In the U.S., twice as many children die from congenital heart defects each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined, yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than funding for CHD.


**LINK FOR PETITION**

http://www.gopetition.com/online...

WE NEED TO MAKE CHILDRENS' HEALTH ISSUES OUR PRIORITY !

Don't Tell Me

I found this poem online today and it really touched me because its so true


Don't Tell Me
Please don't tell me you know how I feel,
Unless you have lost your child too,
Please don't tell me my broken heart will heal,
Because that is just not true,
Please don't tell me my son is in a better place,
Though it is true, I want him here with me,
Don't tell me someday I'll hear his voice, see his face,
Beyond today I cannot see,
Don't tell me it is time to move on,
Because I cannot,
Don't tell me to face the fact he is gone,
Because denial is something I can't stop,
Don't tell me to be thankful for the time I had,
Because I wanted more,
Don't tell me when I am my old self you will be glad,
I'll never be as I was before,
What you can tell me is you will be here for me,
That you will listen when I talk of my child,
You can share with me my precious memories,
You can even cry with me for a while,
And please don't hesitate to say his name,
Because it is something I long to hear everyday,
Friend please realize that I can never be the same,
But if you stand by me, you may like the new person I become someday.

Judi Walker
(In Memory of Shane)
Copyright 1998

Also In Memory of Aryn James