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When I was just six years old, I lost my first sister to a congenital heart disease on her fourth day of life.  It was a gut-wrenching loss that has impacted my family in more ways than you can imagine.  We have been blessed that no other children in our family have had CHD since. Mended Little Hearts is an independently self-funded not-for-profit organization - 501(c)3 - for families with children in Central Virginia that live with heart defects and/or disease. MLH of CVA is a support network providing education, advocacy, awareness, and outreach. I was thrilled to learn of Mended Little Hearts of Central Virginia (MLH of CVA) when my daughter was a toddler and am always looking for ways to support the incredible work this volunteer-run organization does. I can only imagine how much their support would have meant to my family all those years ago.

Did you know? 

• 1 out of every 100 infants born will have a congenital heart defect, leading to approximately 40,000 new heart babies every year

• About 1,000,000 Americans born with a congenital cardiovascular defect are alive today
• Cardiovascular disease is the second leading cause of death for children 15 and under

UVA Children’s Hospital and Fetal Department is sponsoring the 5th Annual MendedLittle Hearts Golf Tournament on August 9^th at Stonehenge Country Club.  The event will be Captains choice with a 1pm shotgun start.

We are currently looking for:

• Hole-in-One prizes

• Hole Sponsors 

• Golf Teams / Players

• Silent Auction Items

A substantial amount of our proceeds will go towards making and shipping care bags for families who have to be away from home in order for their child to get the life saving surgery they need (MLH sends on average 30-40 bags per month costing about $50/care bag).  The rest will be used for monthly educational meetings and family fun events (ex. Lewis Ginter, Pumpkin Patch, etc). 

If you have any questions regarding the tournament, please feel free to call me or please contact MLH at 804-399-9532 or 804-836-4960.  Or you can e-mail centralva@mendedlittlehearts.org. For more information about MLH of CVA, please visit www.MLHRichmond.org.

This time of year, lots of folks go fishing.  Unfortunately, others go Phishing (and I’m not referring to the band).  Phishing is an email scam where an email is sent to the unsuspecting person requesting personal information.  It works more than it should because Phishers typically use a trusted name in their message.  We periodically see this type of scam using bank and credit card company names.