The Hope Marietta Foundation

06/09/2025

12/02/2024

Friends and Supporters,

We hope your holiday season is off to a wonderful start! We wanted to share an important update about Casino Night 2025. Unfortunately, we will not be hosting the event next year. Due to some shifts within our organization and our hotel partner being fully booked for in February and most of March, we’ve made the difficult decision to pause the event for 2025.

That said, we’re excited to share that we plan to return with Casino Night 2026, and we look forward to seeing you all then!

Thank you, as always, for your incredible support. We couldn’t do this without you, and we can't wait to reconnect in 2026!

Warm regards,
The HMF Team

02/23/2024

You'll find this kiddo's poster at our Casino Night in 2 days. Colton was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. His mom describes him as loving, goofy and energetic. He loves animals and wants to be a bull riding veterinarian when he grows up. What a guy!

Check out The Zipperstrong Project to learn more about Colton and other CHD warriors!

02/19/2024

Miss Valentina is our next spotlight. In 2022 she was just 6 years old. Don’t let her cute smile and quiet personality fool you–she is a little dynamite! She loves nuggets, fries and family breakfast on Sundays. She's a girl after our own hearts. She was born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Her portrait will be featured alongside other CHD kids at our event.

Check out https://www.zipperstrong.org/zipperstrongproject2022 to learn more about Valentina's heart story.

The Zipperstrong Project

02/17/2024

Will we see you this time next week?! It's not too late to snag tickets to our flagship black tie event. Go to www.tinyurl.com/casino-night-2024 to register and secure your ticket!

What can you expect a Casino Night?
- premium open bar
- hors d'oeuvres
- live casino action
- music and dancing
- silent auction

02/16/2024

We're excited to feature former kids at our 2024 Casino Night. Our first spotlight goes to Carter. He was featured in 2022 as a 6 month old baby rocking his scar and looking adorable as ever!

He was born with Tetralogy of Fallot, DiGeorge Syndrome and Hirschsprung Disease. In 2022 his mom recalled, "Carter spent the first 6 months of his life in the CICU. He won over the hearts of many nurses, therapists, and DR’s with his famous side-eye look, furrowed brows, and eventually his little half smirk."

Kids like Carter are the reason we raise awareness for CHD. Visit https://www.zipperstrong.org/zipperstrongproject2022 to read more about Carter and other kids like him.

02/14/2024

How CUTE are these two?! Lincoln and Brie are our King and Queen of Hearts this year! Both of these young will be honored at Casino Night on February 24th along with their families. We are beyond proud to have these two who already do so much for advocacy. As we wrap up we invite you to attend our upcoming event to support kids like Lincoln and Brie!

02/11/2024

We are only two weeks out from the best night of the year! Grab your tickets now before it's too late!!

02/09/2024

it's ? Every year during we take a week to bring awareness to the #1 birth defect in the United States. Congenital Heart Defects effect 1/110 births. CHDs are lifelong and there is no known cause or cure. Join us in being not just this week, but every week!

02/02/2024

In honor or , our team sported red during our weekly call. We wear red today to raise awareness for .

Happy Heart Month!