Believe In Your Heart Foundation

Believe In Your Heart Foundation We are a nonprofit with a mission to fund congenital heart defect research!

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects and research, awareness, and support are so needed for this life threatening and life long condition.

Are you local to the Dayton, Ohio or surrounding areas? Message us! We have some events this summer and we’d love to inc...
05/18/2026

Are you local to the Dayton, Ohio or surrounding areas? Message us! We have some events this summer and we’d love to include as many CHD families in as we can! ❤️🎈

It’s finally golf weather! ⛳️ This is our heart warrior who loves to golf! We are excited to have a golf fundraiser thi...
05/13/2026

It’s finally golf weather! ⛳️ This is our heart warrior who loves to golf! We are excited to have a golf fundraiser this fall and are looking for gift donations for raffle prizes or companies to sponsor holes! If you are interested please message us! Any donation is appreciated!

Congenital heart disease does not just impact the lives of children! Those children grow up and we now have 1.4 million ...
05/13/2026

Congenital heart disease does not just impact the lives of children! Those children grow up and we now have 1.4 million adults living with CHD! This is amazing! These adults still need to stay in care, and it’s so important to find a doctor that specializes in Adult Congenital Heart Disease! This is sometimes easier said than done though! If you’re an adult with CHD, drop a comment with your care facilities name or doctors name below so we can help each other find specialized care! ❤️❤️‍🩹

As we get ready to celebrate all the mamas this weekend, let’s honor our heart mothers in a special way! Tag a heart mom...
05/07/2026

As we get ready to celebrate all the mamas this weekend, let’s honor our heart mothers in a special way! Tag a heart mom below and we’ll be giving away “heart mom” gifts for Mother’s Day! 💝 Thank you is never enough for all heart moms do but we are so thankful for you!

05/01/2026

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We continue to spotlight Organ Donation Month by sharing Mason’s story of heart transplantation! Mason, born June 8, 201...
04/17/2026

We continue to spotlight Organ Donation Month by sharing Mason’s story of heart transplantation! Mason, born June 8, 2017 has been through a rollercoaster ride. At 20 weeks we learned that Mason had the very rare heart defect of CCTGA (L-TGA), vsd, & ebstenoid deformation. At birth Mason’s vsd had closed and he was doing great. By three months old, he was sent to Boston for valve repair (due to extreme regurgitation) and PA banding to prepare for his future surgery of Double Switch. Mason was much sicker than anyone knew and was saved by his surgeon, Dr. Baird. During this time Mason was also diagnosed with WPW (common with CCTGA). After a long 30 days in Boston Children’s we came home to find out Mason was in heart failure. Eventually things got worse and Mason was listed for transplant. October 21, 2018 Mason received his life saving donor heart. Even though he battled obstacles since then, like CMV, EBV, and even PTLD (transplant cancer), Mason has thrived. While transplant is not a cure, it has been a miracle to Mason and our family as it has given us time that we might not have ever gotten. Mason has had his donor heart for 7.5 years now and we are all so grateful 🥹

Organ Donation Month continues and we’re honored to share Graham’s story of receiving a heart transplant!Graham’s mom, B...
04/09/2026

Organ Donation Month continues and we’re honored to share Graham’s story of receiving a heart transplant!
Graham’s mom, Beth, shares their heroic story!
“ In May 2017, we found out we were going to be first time parents. The pregnancy was perfect every step of the way and we just couldn’t wait to meet our son in January. December came and everything changed. Graham was born six weeks early on December 16th via emergency c-section. When he arrived in this world, he wasn’t breathing and it was quickly determined that he had multiple heart defects we had no idea about before his birth.

Graham spent the first month of his life in the pediatric ICU at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. We hit a standstill in his care when he could not come off of the ventilator or tolerate feeds to be able to grow. Graham was then transferred to UVA to be evaluated for transplant. He was officially listed on January 25th, the day that was his due date.

After a month at UVA, Graham got well enough to go home to wait. We thought we were working toward coming off the transplant list but by mid April we knew something wasn’t right. We were admitted to the hospital on April 24th, Graham coded and had to be put on the ventilator with heavy sedation on the 26th and then on the 29th we got the news that his doctors had accepted a heart for him. At 6:30 on the morning of April 30, 2018, Graham was wheeled back to the OR where he received his hero heart.

Now, our boy is thriving! We are so grateful for this life with him!”
Graham is celebrating 8 years with his new heart this month! ❤️

After 405 days of waiting in the hospital, Charlie’s family got the call a new heart was coming for him on Easter! ❤️ He...
04/07/2026

After 405 days of waiting in the hospital, Charlie’s family got the call a new heart was coming for him on Easter! ❤️ He had the surgery last night and we ask for prayers for Charlie, his family, and the donors family. Charlie was born with congenital heart defects and has been listed for transplant for over a year. April is organ donation month and how fitting sweet Charlie would get his new heart in this month! This sweet boy has lived in the hospital over a year! He and his family have been waiting and praying. 🙏 please consider registering to be an organ donor at RegisterMe.org in honor of Charlie’s battle and his donor who gave him the best gift there ever could be ❤️ We are praying for you Charlie!!!

April is Donate Life Month! There are over 1200 children in the United States waiting for a new heart. We’ll be sharing ...
04/06/2026

April is Donate Life Month! There are over 1200 children in the United States waiting for a new heart. We’ll be sharing stories all month long of heart transplant recipients to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation. To register to become an organ donor, visit RegisterMe.Org

Our son was diagnosed with multiple congenital heart defects 7 years ago. When we got his diagnosis the first thing we d...
03/26/2026

Our son was diagnosed with multiple congenital heart defects 7 years ago. When we got his diagnosis the first thing we did was look for treatment options. We were so disheartened to find very little research had been done on his condition and therefore there wasn’t a set way to treat it. No long term data. How were we supposed to know what would give our son the best chance at life? CHD is the most common birth defect though research for its treatment is HEAVILY underfunded.
We started this charity to help change that. We want families to have better options for their kids. We want kids with CHD to be able to have less invasive treatments, better outcomes, and be able to be apart of clinical studies geared toward the pediatric population. We started this little charity with these goals and today our son presented Boston Children’s Hospital Cardiology Research Department a check for $150,000.
Thank you to every person who has donated. We couldn’t do this without YOU. We are 100% volunteer ran. We just want to make the world better for those who have congenital heart disease. We will not stop until every child is well. ❤️

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