Hope
It begins with you.
Our Chapter Objectives
We are heart patient and caregiver volunteers, adults young and old, providing support and hope to patients and their caregivers from the diagnosis of heart disease through treatment and beyond.
Mended Hearts
The Bellingham Chapter of Mended Hearts normally meets monthly to offer support and information to all heart patients in our community. Our speakers are cardiologists, heart surgeons, nutritionists, and other health care professionals who offer insights into improving our heart health.
For more information please go to our Contact Page to send a message or contact our message line at 360-788-6928.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
From our Chapter President, John Heinemann
Behind the Scenes
As you all know, our work at the hospital, the cardio office, and our meetings with you are on hold and will continue to be on hold for an unknown period of time. That said, I want you to know that your chapter members are continuing to work on projects during this down time.
Brad Yeung is developing new training programs for our volunteers, Dianna Konrad is ramping up for our new outreach program for Young Mended Hearts and we are going to be in receipt of money next week from our national office to fund a rebranding of our young mended hearts program. Further, Marilyn Huffman continues to process our membership applications and payments on schedule.
Our board members are calling our active volunteers to check on each other and I hope that in the near future we may be able to put on a virtual chapter meeting, with a speaker, if we are not able to assemble in person.
Please call our hotline or reach out to us by email if you have concerns about our chapter or just wish to talk with one of us. Most importantly, stay safe.
Young Mended Hearts
All young heart patients (teens to forties) and their families are invited to join other young heart patients and their families for an informal monthly get-together to discuss the common issues, challenges and successes of being a young heart patient.
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Young Mended Hearts of NorthWest Washington
For more information about Young Mended Hearts, please contact Dianna Konrad at dmk9@sbcglobal.net
Awards and Bequests
Together PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center and Mended Hearts, Bellingham are making a difference in our community by supporting heart patients and their caregiver families. These efforts have been acknowledged by the national headquarters of The Mended Hearts, Inc., Dallas, TX, with the following awards:
PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Medical Center
2018 National Hospital of the Year
PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Medical Center
2017 Regional Hospital of the Year*
PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Medical Center
2016 Regional Hospital of the Year
Mended Hearts, Bellingham
2015 President’s Cup Award
For outstanding service in our community
PeaceHealth St. Joseph’s Medical Center
2014 Regional Hospital of the Year
2018 Bequest
In April, 2018, the estate of Stephen James Brewster made a significant donation to the PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation in honor of Mended Hearts, Bellingham. A cath lab patient room in St. Joseph’s Cardiovascular Center will be named:
Stephen James Brewster
In Honor of Mended Hearts
We are honored by and grateful for the generosity of Mr. Brewster’s estate.
*The Western Region of Mended Hearts chapters includes the states of California, Oregon, Nevada, Washington, Alaska and Hawaii