
Our Mission

Charlie’s story has inspired his family, to create Heart Works.
Our mission is to improve & extend the lives of babies born with heart defects. We plan to fund research initiatives to find a cause and a cure for pediatric heart disease and defects and improve lives of kids with heart conditions by raising money to donate books and toys to the Golisano Children’s Hospital and the Boston Children’s Hospital child life departments.
Kids with medical conditions can sometimes feel like their condition is all they are – that it defines them. But, that is incorrect. Every person is human and they deserve to have a sense of identity apart from their condition and struggles. Distractions are very important in the hospital, because they take the patient’s mind off of all of the scary things going on around them, off of their condition, and help them focus on who they are.
In the hospital, all you want to do is get out of there healthy and never have to think about it again. Distractions, like toys and books, allow kids to focus on the future, not wallow in their struggles.
Please donate to fund our initiatives. Your money will go to toys and books for kids to keep them distracted and allow them to have hope. And when you’re in the hospital, hope is the most important thing.




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