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 C.H.I.N. Affiliated
 
Support Groups

United States

Arizona
        HeartLight
        University Medical Center
        1501 N Campbell Avenue
        PO Box 245073
        Tucson, Arizona 85724
        Contact: Katie Desiato
        Phone: 520-250-6252

        Heart 2 Heart
        Phoenix Children's Hospital 
       
Meeting held the 3rd Monday of every month
        Phone: 602-996-6121
       
email: azheart2heart@cox.net

Connecticut
        Congenital Heart Defect Awareness, Inc

Florida
        Angel's Pediatric Heart House
        151 N Nob Hill Rd. Suite 139
        Plantation,  FL 33324
        Contact: Sonia Perez
        Phone: 954-318-2020

Illinois
        T.O.U.C.H. 
        515 NE Glen Oak Ave. Suite 202
        Peoria, IL 61603
        Contact: Gail Eaton
        Phone: 309-655-2650

Michigan
       
Families at Heart
        100 MIchigan Ave. NE; MC 117
        Grand Rapids, MI 49503
        Contact: Gwen Fosse
        Phone: 616-391-8707

New York
       
Children's Heart Fund
       
One Gustave Levy Place
       
PO Box 1201
       
New York, NY 10029
       
Contact: Suzanne Zimmerer
       
Phone: 212-241-8668

Ohio
        C.H.I.N., Ohio
        Contact: AnneMarie Sarvis
        Email: anne@tchin.org
        Phone: 330-665-1113

        Healing Hearts
        Akron, OH
        Contact: Katie Fleming
        Email: flemings249@aol.com
        Phone: 330-543-4325

Pennsylvania
        C.H.I.N., Philadelphia
        Includes Philly and surrounding counties, Central through 
        South New Jersey and Delaware
        Contact: Lisa Rodebaugh

Tennessee
        Saving Little Hearts
        Knoxville, TN
        Email: info@savinglittlehearts.com

Texas
        Heart to Heart
        P.O. Box 595
        Colleyville, TX 76034-0595
        Phone: 888-475-2787
        Contact: Sally Pearson

Utah
        Hearts of Hope Foundation of Utah
        Phone: 801-495-1803
        Contact: Laura Kelter

Australia

        Heart Kids Victoria Inc.
        PO Box 5108
        Clayton
        VIC 3168
        Contact: heartkids@hotkey.net.au

Canada

        Children's Heart Network
         #4 3821A Cedar Hill Cross Road
         Victoria British Columbia CANADA V8P 2M6
         Phone: 250-598-2542
         Program & Family Resource Coordinator: Colleen Corder
         e-mail: chn@childrensheartnetwork.org

France

        L'Association Nationale des Cardiaques Congenitaux
        email: contact@ancc.asso.fr

Germany

        IDHK - Interessengemeinschaft Das herzkranke Kind
        Steinenhausenstrasse 37
        D 70193 Stuttgart
        Telephone: 07 11 / 6 36 60 19
        email: roennebeck@idhk.de


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United States                                                                                      

Arizona
HeartLight
University Medical Center
1501 N Campbell Avenue
PO Box 245073
Tucson, Arizona 85724
Contact: Katie Desiato     
Phone: 520-250-6252

 

Heart 2 Heart
Phoenix Children's Hospital 
Meeting held the 3rd Monday of every month   
Contact: Chris Atherton
Phone: 602-996-6121
email: AZHeart2Heart@cox.net
 

California
Heart 2 Heart
Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Meetings held on the first Tuesday of every month 6:00p.m.-7:30p.m
Conference Room D (Ground floor)
Contact: Scott Ferguson
Phone: (323) 669-2483
 
California Heart Connection
PO Box 50063
Irvine, CA 92619
Contact: Debbie Hilton-Kamm
Phone: 949-653-6421

          CHIFund
         
PO Box 28757
         
San Diego, CA
         
Contact: Wendy Robinson

Colorado
Cardiac Kids/Association of Volunteers
1056 East 19th Avenue
Box 465
Denver, CO 80218-1088
Phone: 303-861-6607
e-mail:CardiacKids@tchden.org

Connecticut
Congenital Heart Defect Awareness, Inc
Phone: 203-234-1371
Email: info@chdawareness.org
 
Little Hearts, Inc.
Contact: Lenore Cameron
 
Delaware
C.H.I.N., Philadelphia
Includes Philly and surrounding 
counties, Central through 
South New Jersey and Delaware  
Contact: Lisa Rodebaugh
Florida
Angel's Pediatric Heart House       
151 N Nob Hill Rd. Suite 139
Plantation,  FL 33324 FL 33355
Contact: Sonia Perez
Phone: 954-318-2020
 
Pediatric Heart Foundation
PO Box 540354
Lake Worth, FL 33454
Contact: Laurie Bernat
Phone: 561-738-4554
e-mail:phfheart@aol.com
          Little Hearts of So. Florida
          Contact: Sabrina Lewis

           Broken Hearts of the Big Bend
           Tallahassee, Florida
           Contact: Karen Thurston Chavez
           Phone: (850) 443-2984
           E-mail: broken_hearts@comcast.net

Georgia
Heart to Heart
6322 Millbranch Road
Columbus, GA 31907
Phone: 706-563-3112

Kids at Heart
Atlanta, Georgia
Contact: Megan Ramsey
Phone: 404.785.1822
          Contact: megan.ramsey@choa.org:
 
Hawaii
Kardiac Kids
c/o Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women and Children
1319 Punahou Street
Honolulu, HI 96826
808-983-8166
Contact: Lisa Rohr, RN

 
Illinois

T.O.U.C.H. 
515 NE Glen Oak Ave. Suite 202      
Peoria, IL 61603
Contact: Gail Eaton
Phone: 309-655-2650

 
The Heart of the Matter
20128 Westport Drive
Frankfort, IL 60423
Phone: 815-469-9146
e-mail: CT875@aol.com

Indiana
Our Hearts
1738 N Shortridge Rd
Indianapolis In 46219
Contact: Susie DeLoach
(317)322-1017
E-mail: ourhearts@iquest.net

Iowa
Heart Friends
UIHC Pediatric Cardiology
Iowa City, IA
Contact: Trudy Pierick
Email: trudy-pierick@uiowa.edu

          Heart-to-Heart Iowa
          111 W Dallas
          Linden, IA 50146
          Contact: Lori Means
          Phone: 641-744-2212 

Kansas
          Heartland Hearts
          3519 W. 11th St. N
          Wichita, KS
Contact: Steph Crocker
 
Maine
          Stronghearts
PO Box 177
          Perry, ME 04667
Phone: 207-853-2774
          Email: stronghearts@ptc-me.net

          Precious Hearts
          22 Bramhall St.
          Portland, ME 04102
          Contact: Pam Schlichting, BSN, RN
          Phone: (207)662-2273

Massachusetts
Adults with Congenital Heart Disease Support Group
Meets first Monday of each month
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Contact: Dr. Jonas Bromberg
Phone: 617-332-6028
e-mail: jonas_bromberg@hms.harvard.edu

          Heart to Heart Fund
          New England Medical Center
          Pediatric Cardiology
          750 Washington Street, #313
          Boston, MA 02111
          Phone: (617)636-8101
          Email: info@heart2heartfund.org

          Friends With Heart
          Contact: Dawn King
          Phone: (508)842-1636
          Email: dawnking@townisp.com

Michigan

Families at Heart
Helen DeVos Children's Hospital MC # 117   
100 Michigan NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Contact: Gwen Fosse
Phone: 616-391-1369
Hearts of Hope
Contact: Jill Teats
Email: jill@heartsofhopemi.org
Minnesota
Parents For Heart of Minnesota, Inc.
Attention: 32-P190
2525 Chicago Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minneosta 55404
Contact: Celeste Gebauer
 
Missouri

Heart to Heart - St. Louis
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Social Service Department
One Children's Place
St. Louis, MO 63110
Contact: Elaine Wear and Nan Winters
Phone: 314-577-5600

Nebraska
The Midwest Heart Connection
PO Box 45618
          Omaha, NE 68145
Marci Smith
e-mail: ed@midwestheartconnection.com
Phone: 308-389-3143
 
Nevada
Children's Heart Foundation
3006 S. Maryland Parkway, Suite 690
Las Vegas, NV 89109
Contact: Lyn Acebo
 
New Hampshire
Families with Heart
824 High Street
Candia, NH 03034
Contact: Laura Briggs            
Phone: 603-483-3025
 
Little Hearts of New Hampshire
Contact:  Julie Baldy
 
New Jersey
C.H.I.N., Philadelphia
Includes Philly and surrounding 
counties, Central through 
South New Jersey and Delaware  
Contact: Lisa Rodebaugh
 
Young Hearts
791 Frederick Court
Wyckoff, NJ 07481
Contact: Barbara McFadden
Phone: 201-848-9608

Little Hearts of New Jersey
Contact: Pam Kane

          Hope with Heart
          PO Box 618
          Hewitt, NJ 07421
          Phone: 973-728-3854
          Email: mail@hopewithheart.com

New York
Children's Heart Fund
One Gustave Levy Place
PO Box 1201
New York, NY 10029
Contact: Suzanne Zimmerer          
Phone: 212-241-8668
 
Circle of Hearts
P.O.Box 662
Kenmore, N.Y. 14217-0662
Contact: info@cohearts.org
 
Big Hearts for Little Hearts
34 Sintsink Drive West
Port Washington, NY 11050
Contact : Ruth Maszrik
Phone: 516-883-4080  

Helping Hearts, Inc.
601 Elmwood Avenue
P.O. Box 631
Rochester, NY 14642
Phone: (716) 275-6108
Email: info@helpinghearts.org

Hope for Hearts, Inc.
Children's Medical Center
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY 11790-8111
Contact : Rose Weiss
Phone: 631-499-4476

 
Mend-A-Heart Support Group
New York, NY

Cardiac Kids
PO Box 154
Fishkill, NY 12524-0154
Contact: Cindy-Jean Dennis
Phone: 845-896-7321

Little Hearts of Long Island
Contact: Lisa June

Little Hearts of Northern NY
Contact: Rita Pardee

North Carolina
          Carolina Parent Network
          Contact: Maggie Morris
          Phone: 919.966.3381

Ohio

C.H.I.N., Ohio
Contact: AnneMarie Sarvis            
Email: anne@tchin.org                
Phone: 330-665-1113

 

Healing Hearts
Akron, OH
Contact: Katie Fleming
Email: flemings249@aol.com        
Phone: 330-543-4325

Hopeful Hearts for Children
Cincinnati, OH
Contact: Julie Balzano
Email:  jbalzano@fuse.net 

Pennsylvania

C.H.I.N., Philladelphia
 Includes Philly and surrounding 
 counties, Central through 
 South New Jersey and Delaware  
 Contact: Lisa Rodebaugh

Heart to Heart
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Oakland Campus
Meetings on the 2nd Thursday of every month
Phone: 412-692-5546

Little Hearts of North Central Pennsylvania
Contact:  Susan Myers

Fontan Friends
482 Reginald Lane
Collegeville, PA 19426
Contact: Barbara Lewis
Phone: 610-831-9878

Little Hearts of Southeastern PA
Contact: Calista Cleary

Hershey Hearts
PO Box 163
Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033-0163
Email Contact: info@hersheyhearts.org

Rhode Island

           The Rhode Island Association for Cardiac Children
            Phone: 401-353-3966
            Contact: riacc@cardiacchildren.org

South Dakota

Thumpers
124 Spearfish Mtn. Ct
Spearfish, SD 57783
Contact: Dixie Varns

Tennessee

Saving Little Hearts
Knoxville, TN
Contact: Karin Coulter
Email: info@savinglittlehearts.com 

Texas

Heart to Heart
P.O. Box 595
Colleyville, TX 76034-0595
Phone: 888-475-2787
Contact: Sally Pearson
     

Milagros (Miracles)
Children's Hospital of Austin
601 E. 15th St.
Austin, TX 78701
Contact: Kina Howard, RN, BSN
Phone: 512-324-8028

It's My Heart, Inc.
Houston, TX
Contact: Corrie Stassen
Phone: 281-578-7343

Utah
    Hearts of Hope Foundation of Utah  
    Phone: 801-495-1803
    Contact: Amanda Rathbun       
Vermont
Heart to Heart
60 Maple Ridge Road
Underhill, VT 05489
Contact : Julianne Nickerson
Phone: 802-899-3798
e-mail: LamaDaiz@aol.com
 
Virginia
Precious Hearts
144 Locust Ave.
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: 540- 678-0654
e-mail: HurlbutK@aol.com

Tender Hearts
Inova Heart Center
Phone: 703-204-6563

HUGSS
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Norfolk, VA
Contact: Gail Cervarich, LCSW
Phone: 757.668.7646

T-HUGGS
Support for Teens with CHD
Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters
Norfolk, VA
Contact: Gail S. Cervarich, LCSW

Washington
          Heart to Heart CHD Support Group
          2700 Northup Way 
          Bellevue WA 98004
          Contact: Josephine Young, MD
Phone: 425-827-4600
 
Wisconsin

Left Hearts
250 N. Sixth Street
DePere,WI. 54115
Contact: Dyan Larmay
Phone: 920-403-1154

 

Kids With Heart
1578 Careful Drive
Green Bay, WI 54304
Phone/Fax - 920-498-0058


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Australia
Heart Kids Victoria Inc.
C/o Cardiology Department
The Royal Children’s Hospital
Flemington Rd
PARKVILLE VIC 3052
Contact: heartkids@heartkids.org.au
Phone: 03 9513 9030
 
Heart Kids of SA Inc.
155 Hutt Street, Adelaide, 5000
e-mail: heartkids@geocities.com

Heart Kids ACT, Inc.
PO Box 1041
Woden, ACT
Australia 2606
 
Heart Kids QLD
P.O. Box 3017
Norman Park,
Brisbane, Qld. 4170
Contact: Lyn Chappell

Heart Kids WA
PO Box 1554 West Perth
Telephone: (08) 9340 7996
e-mail: heartkidswa@heartkidswa.org.au

          Heartkids NSW, Inc
          26/10J Hilltop Rd
          Merrylands NSW 2160 
          Phone: (02) 9294 0800
          email: mail@heartkids.org.au

 
SADS Australia
Information and Support about the Genetic Heart Disorder
called the Long QT Syndrome
Contact: Julie Foley


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Brazil
Heart Circle of Pernambuco
          Email: ssmattos@cardiol.br
 

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Belgium
Nos Enfants Cardiaques
email: nos.enfants.cardiaques@skynet.be
 
Ons Hartekind
email: pub00323@innet.be

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Canada
 
Heart Defects Society of Windsor
2912 Lloyd George Blvd.
Windsor, Ontario
N8T 2V1
Email: support@heart-defects-society.org
Phone: 519-551-5461
 
CHAIN
1688 Boul Lorrain Gatineau
Quebec, Canada J8R-3G1
Phone: 819-643-9663
Children's Heart Society
Box 52088, Garneau Postal Outlet
Edmonton, Alberta
T6G 2T5
Phone: 403-454-7665
e-mail: ckstump@telus.net

Children's Heart Network
#4 3821A Cedar Hill Cross Road
Victoria British Columbia CANADA V8P 2M6
Phone: 250-598-2542
Program Coordinator: Colleen Corder
e-mail: chn@childrensheartnetwork.org                

The Heart Of A Child
Support for parents with children who have CHD
1070 Windsor Ave.
Windsor Ontario
N9A 1K4
Phone: (519) 971-0760

Circle of Hearts 
Winnipeg, CA
Contact: circle_of_hearts_vchc@hotmail.com

Canadian Congenital Heart Alliance
Contact: info@cchaonline.ca

kidPACES
Parental Advocates for Cardiac Education and Support for Kids
 The Hospital for Sick Children
 555 University Avenue
 Toronto, Ontario
 Canada
 Contact: kid.paces@sickkids.ca

Heart Beats Children’s Society of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta
Contact: Patty Wiebe


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China

           Children's Heart Foundation: Hong Kong
           E-mail: chf@childheart.org.hk 


France

           Heart and Coeur
           France

L'Association Nationale des Cardiaques Congenitaux
email: contact@ancc.asso.fr

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Germany

IDHK - Interessengemeinschaft Das herzkranke Kind
Steinenhausenstrasse 37
D 70193 Stuttgart
Telephone: 07 11 / 6 36 60 19
email: roennebeck@idhk.de

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Ireland

Heart Children
The Carmichael Centre
North Brunswick Street
Dublin 7, Ireland
Email: heartchildren@eircom.net


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Italy
          Associazione Bambino Cardiopatico (ABC Parma)
          Piazzale Matteotti, 9
          43100 Parma
          Email: info@abcparma.it


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Netherlands

Hartenark
Prof. Bronkhorstlaan 2
3723 MB BILTHOVEN
The Netherlands
31-30-2290244
Contact : Karin Bus


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New Zealand
Heart Children New Zealand, Inc.
Contact: heartchildrennz@xtra.co.nz
 
Adults with Congenital Heart Conditions
Contact : Shelly


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Scotland
Bravehearts
26 Fernbank
Ladywell, Livingston
Scotland
EH54 6DT
e-mail: braveheart@cableinet.co.uk


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Singapore
  •           Rainbow HeartKids
  •           c/o Club Rainbow Singapore
  • P.O. Box 447
    Orchard Road Post Office
    Singapore 912315
    Contact: Helen Ng
    e-mail: helenng@singnet.com.sg


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    Switzerland
    Elternvereinigung fuer das herzrkanke Kind
    email: evhk@paus.ch

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    U.K.
    CRY - Cardiac Risk in the Young
              Unit 7, Epsom Downs Metro Centre
              Waterfield, Tadworth, Surrey, KT20 5LR 
    Phone: 01737 363 222

    Down's Heart Group
    PO Box 4260
              Dunstable LU6 2ZT
    Phone: 0845 166 8061
    e-mail: info@dhg.org.uk
     
    Grown Up Congenital Heart
    12 Rectory Road
    Stanford-le-hope
    Essex
    SS17 0DL
    Contact: Mavis Moore
    e-mail: Mavis@guch.demon.co.uk

    Children's Heart Federation
    52-54 Kennington Oval
    London SE11 5SW
    Helpline: 0 808 808 5000
    E-mail: chf@dircon.co.uk

    Heartline
    Rossmore House
    26 Park Street
    Camberley, Surrey
    GU15 3PL
    UK
    E-mail: heartline@easynet.co.uk

    The 22q11 Group
    Contact: Julie
    Phone: 44 1908 320 852

     

     

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