Benefits of Mended Hearts Membership
Connection. Being a
member offers opportunity for connection with the nation’s largest
community-based heart patient support organization providing hope and
encouragement to heart patients and their families.
Relationships.
Membership provides many opportunities to personally connect with fellow
heart patients, family members and caregivers in your community and
nationwide. When you open your heart to a Mended Hearts membership,
you have an opportunity to create life-long friendships at home and across
the country with people from all walks of life.
Giving Back. Our
accredited visiting program enables survivors and caregivers to “give
back” to other patients what they’ve learned from their experiences.
Chapter Activities. We
encourage all members to participate in chapter activities – which can
include ongoing informational meetings, support group sessions, social
activities, community health events, and a hospital‑based visiting
program, to name a few.
National Magazine. A
subscription to Heartbeat quarterly magazine, 28-32 pages highlighting
organization news, activities and items of interest to the heart-patient
community, is available to all members.
In the Know. Membership
offers internal organizational communications via the Internet – providing
the latest organizational updates and important heart-health information.
National Convention.
Members have the opportunity to attend annual national convention
featuring nationally recognized speakers on the latest topics of highest
interest to the heart-patient community; professional development skills
building sessions; networking and social activities.
Web site. Membership
offers access to a password-protected members‑only site on the Mended
Hearts Web site.
Branded Items. Members
receive access to a wide variety of Mended Hearts-branded wearables and
other items to show off your Mended Hearts pride!
Leadership. As a volunteer
organization run by and for volunteer heart patients and their caregivers,
Mended Hearts offers many leadership opportunities to impact change for
the betterment of the heart patient community at the local, regional and
national levels.
Mended Little Hearts.
Connection with Mended Little Hearts, the Mended
Hearts program in communities nationwide that provides support to the
“littlest heart patients of all” and their families.