Welcome to the Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Quilt Project.
The Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Quilt Project was created to promote greater public awareness of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD), while honoring the strength, courage, and commitment of all those born with a CHD and their families.
The Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Quilts are a series of quilts, with each quilt honoring 42 individuals with CHD. The quilts are being constructed of heart blocks, with each block being dedicated to a child or adult effected by Congenital Heart Defects. To have a block dedicated and included in the CHD Awareness Quilts see our block registration page.
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Our Mission: To promote greater public awareness of Congenital Heart Defects (CHD) and honor those born with Congenital Heart Defects.
The CHD Awareness Quilt Project promotes greater public awareness by offering the quilts to organizations and individuals to have on display at their CHD related events through our hosting program. We hold a free quilt show, annually, with all of the completed quilts on display and the Jason Schweinberg Memorial Classic.
Proceeds from the Jason Schweinberg Memorial Classic enable us to purchase AED's for schools and children's facilities and honor a CHD child with a wish.
Since 2004, the CHD Awareness Quilt Project has purchased 5 AED's and honored 3 CHD kids with wishes. To learn more about the AED's and Child Honorees, please visit the Jason Schweinberg Memorial Classic page.
The Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Quilt Project, Inc. is a non-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to promoting greater public awareness of congenital heart defects while honoring and remembering the more than one million people born with a chd. The Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Quilts and contents of this site are Copyright 2000-2007 The Congenital Heart Defect (CHD) Awareness Quilt Project. All rights Reserved.
Quilt Stats
As of July 7, 2008
2472 Requests
588 Angels
129 Pacemakers
68 Transplants
50 states and Washington D.C. are represented
24 foreign countries: Australia, Canada, Denmark, Dominican Republic, England, Finland, France, Germany, Guam,Guatema, India, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Monaco, New Zealand, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic South Africa, Scotland, Singapore, Spain, and Wales
