Heal children's hearts
The association, officially called Kinderherzen heilen eV - Parents of Children with Heart Disease , based in Giessen , was founded in 1999 for the purpose of exchanging experiences between parents whose children were treated at the Children's Heart Center in Giessen. In the meantime, the association finances u. a. also teaching positions in the children's heart center, equipping the playroom and parents 'room in the clinic, and the parents' accommodation near the clinic.
The association gained national fame through two large-scale donation campaigns by Hit Radio FFH (2007) and Hessischer Rundfunk (2010) as well as being on radio and television.
motivation
A congenital heart defect is the most common organ malformation in humans. Every year around 6,000 children are born with a heart defect in Germany alone. Today medicine is often able to offer these children a life of sufficient quality. Nevertheless, it is not an easy path, and in many cases the families affected have to help themselves and each other. Based on this consideration, the association was founded in 1999 through a parents' initiative.
Work of the association
The association has the following main areas of activity:
- Exchange of experiences between affected families
- Financing of kindergarten positions in the Children's Heart Center in Giessen
- Equipping and maintaining parents' accommodation near the Gießen Children's Heart Center
- Equipping the parents' room and playroom in the children's heart center in Giessen
- Organization of specialist lectures
- Financial support for the children's heart center in Giessen to purchase equipment and other materials
- Funding of research centers in the field of pediatric cardiology
The association has no income, all board members and helpers work on a voluntary basis.
Club members
The members of the association come from a radius of approx. 200 km around Giessen. The association is open to all natural and legal persons .
Membership and partnerships
The association is a member of the Federal Association for Children with Heart Disease . A partnership with the basketball Bundesliga team of the Gießen 46ers has existed since 2009 .
Prizes and awards
In 2010 the association received the special prize for excellent project work from the Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs and the German Organ Transplantation Foundation .
Prominent supporters
In 2005, soccer world champion Bernd Hölzenbein cracked the jackpot of the Hessischer Rundfunk Oddset bet. He donated the amount of € 10,000 to the Association for Healing Children's Hearts. He personally traveled to the children's clinic in Giessen to hand over the check.
In 2009 the singer-songwriter Fredrik Vahle gave a benefit concert for the benefit of the association together with Dietlind Grabe-Bolz , the current mayor of Gießen.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hit Radio FFH ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. FFH Christmas stars 2007
- ↑ hr online ( memento of the original from June 23, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Viewers and listeners help children from February 10, 2011
- ↑ hr-online.de ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Hessenschau from November 29, 2010
- ↑ RP-Online ( page no longer accessible , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. AOK health magazine from November 24, 2010.
- ^ Gießen 46ers Support for Healing Children's Hearts, May 8, 2009.
- ↑ Hessian Ministry of Social Affairs ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Organ donation numbers in Hessen increased again, award for the Gießen parent initiative Kinderherzen heilen eV
- ↑ Rhein-Main-TV ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. World champion Hölzenbein cracks the 10,000 euro jackpot.
- ↑ Gießener Anzeiger (PDF; 1.6 MB) "Hase Augustin" and "Anne coffee pot".
