Findlay Automotive Group seeks to help young hearts

Tyler Corder, CFO of Findlay Automotive, is flanked by Melissa Cipriano, left, executive director of Children’s Heart Foundation, and Jill Sarcletti, development manager of Children’s Heart Foundation.

Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States and continues to affect people in all stages of life. In some cases, people are born with heart conditions.

Unfortunately, heart problems in children are surprisingly common. They are, in fact, the most common type of birth defect and the No. 1 cause of death during the first year of life. Nearly twice as many children die from congenital heart disease in the United States each year as die from all forms of childhood cancers combined.

The Children’s Heart Foundation in Las Vegas has been committed to making a difference in the lives of those individuals and their families impacted by heart conditions through emotional, educational and financial support. The Children’s Heart Foundation was founded by a group of parents and Nevada pediatric cardiologists.

In honor of American Heart

Health month in February and to support those children with heart conditions, the Findlay Automotive Group presented the Children’s Heart Foundation with $6,400.

“We give many thanks to the Findlay Automotive Group for choosing us during Heart Health month and thank them for giving us such a generous gift,” said Melissa Cipriano, Children’s Heart Foundation executive director

Findlay’s gift will be used to help children attend Children’s Heart Foundation’s annual summer camp, Camp Mend-a Heart. It is a costfree, medically supervised camp for children ages 7-17 who were born with or develop a heart condition and are receiving medical treatment in Nevada.

Camp Mend-a-heart is the only medically supervised camp of its kind in Nevada. It offers a camping experience with sports, arts and crafts, water games and many other recreational activities and programs associated with a traditional summer camp. Camp Mend-a-heart is staffed by volunteer counselors, nurses and physicians who give from their hearts to help these special children.

If you would like to know more about Children’s Heart Foundation or to get more involved, visit its website at www.chfn.org