Imagine a world without heart disease or stroke. Many say this is unattainable, considering heart disease kills more Americans than the next four leading causes of death combined. But this vision — for a world free of heart disease and stroke — drives the lifesaving mission of the American Heart Association. Open Your Heart gives donors the opportunity to make a direct impact on the AHA’s mission by making a personal gift.
Your generosity enables the American Heart Association to fund groundbreaking research, develop guidelines to improve patient care and help people lower their risk factors for heart disease and stroke. As long as heart disease continues to be the nation’s No. 1 cause of death, the importance of our work will only grow. Please consider making a gift to Open Your Heart.
2018 Denver Heart Ball Survivor
This year’s featured heart survivor is four-year-old Kaden, who was born with a rare congenital heart defect and received a mechanical valve at six months old. He continues to thrive, despite many challenges and will need more open-heart surgeries as he continues to grow. The event will feature a video of Kaden’s journey and attendees will hear from Kaden’s family.
Together, we can change lives and saves lives!