Aortic Hope

Aortic Hope ♥️Aortic Hope is a community-led global organization that supports patients and caregivers during the recovery and management of Aortic Disease.

We spread hope, create awareness and provide support.

♥️Connecting Hearts One Beat At a Time Aortic Hope 2026 Board of Directors:
~Carin Andersen - Chair of the Board/Founder
~Terri Cook - President
~Jeni Shaffer - Vice President
~Deb Oxborough- Treasurer
~William (Bill) Barnhart - Director of Marfan Outreach & Community Outreach
~Sarah Coupland - Director of Social Media
~Deb Joly-Warcholik

- Asst. Treasurer/Director of Volunteer Services
~Robb Seltzer - Director of Support Services (Aortic Chef)
~Molly Thomas - Director of Social Media

The Board and Volunteers work tirelessly in managing their own Aortic Disease, personal lives as well as organizing fundraisers, online support groups, providing daily inspiration and wisdom, hope mail care packages, and MUCH, MUCH more.

*𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙩𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥-𝙩𝙤-𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙬𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙮, 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩.

𝘼𝙣𝙮 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙛𝙡𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙇𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩.

𝘽𝙮 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙧𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙥𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙨, 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙩 𝙖 𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡.

06/03/2026

🌀It's Wacky Wednesday🌀 at Aortic Hope!

On Wednesdays, we will pick one lucky person from the comments below whose name will be entered into a drawing at the end of the month.

🎁That person will win a prize from Aortic Hope valued at $25!
💥Remember, you have to play to win.
⬇️So drop a comment below!

06/03/2026

Soft smile, strong boundaries… agree? 🤍
Thoughts?

06/02/2026

💙IT'S TOPIC TUESDAY! PART 1 OF 7

The topic for June is
“Who’s On Your Aortic Care Team?”
We will be taking a closer look at the specialists involved in diagnosing, treating, and managing aortic disease.

Today we will be discussing cardiologists. Your cardiologist often helps connect the dots before symptoms become catastrophic.

To read further click this link aortichope.org/blog

At Aortic Hope, we believe every person navigating aortic disease deserves compassionate care, affirming support, and a ...
06/02/2026

At Aortic Hope, we believe every person navigating aortic disease deserves compassionate care, affirming support, and a community where they belong.

Because awareness has no boundaries.
Hope has no labels.
And every heartbeat matters.

06/02/2026

6/2
Please give a special Happy Aortaversary to the following people below.
If you would like to be acknowledged, please go to our Facebook album titled Aortaversary Club and under the appropriate photo (please choose one), put your name, date and year of your surgery or diagnosis.
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1019667614871512&type=3

06/02/2026

Entering this month accordingly—what’s your vibe? ✨
Thoughts?

06/01/2026

Tune in now for an exciting conversation hosted by Jack Crowe and Greer Schneider of Aortic Athletes featuring Dr. Tamanna Singh from Cleveland Clinic on Aortic Hope's AHTV YouTube channel! 💙

The topic - Always an Athlete: Aortic Disease and Return to Sports
Click here to watch https://youtu.be/obnAr0UV8C0

Together, they’ll discuss:
⚕️ Living with aortic disease as an athlete
💪 Returning to sports and physical activity
🧠 Mindset, movement, and motivation
📚 Education and empowerment for the aortic community

Whether you’re a lifelong athlete, newly diagnosed, or simply looking to better understand safe movement after an aortic event — this is a conversation you won’t want to miss!

✨ Because even after diagnosis… the athlete within you still matters.
Dr. Singh is the Director of the Cleveland Clinic Sports Cardiology center and Co-Director of the Cleveland Clinic Women's Integrated sports, Exercise and Research Center. Her focus is on care of competitive and recreational athletes, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, adult echocardiography, women's cardiovascular health, cardiovascular disease prevention and wellness, diet and nutrition.
This event is for informational purposes only. For medical advice or diagnosis, consult with you personal physician.

✨🫀 It’s Time for the Week in Review with Sarah Coupland! 🫀✨❣️ Sponsored by Cook Medical and Edwards Lifesciences💥 Join S...
06/01/2026

✨🫀 It’s Time for the Week in Review with Sarah Coupland! 🫀✨

❣️ Sponsored by Cook Medical and Edwards Lifesciences

💥 Join Sarah as she brings you this week’s highlights on Aortic Hope’s 𝗔𝗛𝗧𝗩 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗧𝘂𝗯𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹, premiering at 3:00 PM ET!

🎥 Watch here:
https://youtu.be/1BZrY4nN_NE

From important updates to inspiring community moments, it’s everything you need to stay connected, informed, and empowered, all in one easy-to-watch episode. 💙

🎗️ Don’t forget to 👍 LIKE the video and hit 🔔 SUBSCRIBE so you’re the first to know when new content drops!

🫀💪 Let’s keep learning, growing, and spreading awareness together.

Because Awareness Saves Aortas. Period.

06/01/2026

✨ It's A Movement For Movement Monday ✨

“Progress isn’t loud. It’s the quiet choice to move anyway.”

Not every step needs a spotlight.
Not every win needs to be shared.

Sometimes the real progress looks like…
– choosing to get up when it’s hard
– taking the walk even if it’s shorter than yesterday
– starting again without announcing it

Here’s the truth:
Progress is built through repetition, not recognition.
Those small, quiet decisions? They’re literally strengthening new pathways in your brain and body.

So if it feels too small to matter—
that’s usually the exact moment it does.

No noise.
No pressure.
Just intention.

➡️ Move anyway
➡️ Try anyway
➡️ Begin again… anyway

That’s how momentum builds.
That’s how change happens.

Especially in healing and recovery, the quiet days are doing more than you think.

You don’t need a big moment.
You just need to keep choosing forward.

👇 Check in:
What’s one quiet win you’re claiming today? 💙

06/01/2026

6/1
Please give a special Happy Aortaversary to the following people below.
If you would like to be acknowledged, please go to our Facebook album titled Aortaversary Club and under the appropriate photo (please choose one), put your name, date and year of your surgery or diagnosis.
➡️ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1019667614871512&type=3

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