50th Annual Heart Ball

The 50th Annual Heart Ball will be held on Saturday, February 4, 2012 at the Gaston Country Club.  Tickets are $300 per couple.  For more information, please call 704-865-1214.

Gaston Gazette Women's Expo

The 3rd Annual Women's Expo sponsored by the Gaston Gazette was very successful.  Part of the focus of the Expo was on women's health, including women and heart disease.  Hannah Broome represented the Heart Society in the fashion show.  Hannah was born prematurely at 32 weeks and weighed 3 lbs 15 oz.  She was born with a congenital heart defect called double right ventricle, which was repaired surgically when she was only 4 months old.  Hannah started a Junior Heart Board at Piedmont Community Charter School to help increase awareness about the importance of living a healthy lifestyle.

Taste of Gaston

Junior Heart Board members from Piedmont Community Charter School volunteered to help staff the Heart Society's booth on Saturday, September 10th.

 Hannah Broome and Prentice Nelson

 Allison Scarlett & Sarah Scarlett 

 

Thank You!

We would like to thank Rob Collins for donating his time and talents to create our website. Rob has a special interest in our agency because his daughter, Cassidy was born with a heart defect called Transposition of the Great Arteries.  This means that the aorta and the pulmonary artery are connected in the wrong places so oxygen-poor blood returning from the body to the right atrium and the right ventricle is pumped out to the aorta and the body, while the oxygen-rich blood returning from the lungs to the left atrium and ventricle is sent back to the lungs.  Cassidy had her first surgery when she was just 12 hours old and then underwent open heart surgery six days later.  She has had two catheterizations since then and may require more surgery as she gets older.  Cassidy is almost 13 years old.  She is a very special young lady who enjoys acting in plays, playing volley ball, and was the national spokesperson for the American Heart Association.

  Cassidy Collins

A very special thank you to Bryan Farris, a Heart Society board member, who has known Rob for some time and recruited him to volunteer for the Heart Society!

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The Heart Society of Gaston County is a local organization dedicated to fighting heart disease in Gaston County.

Our Mission Statement

The Heart Society’s mission is to increase awareness of cardiac disease, to promote heart healthy lifestyles and to provide services to local heart patients.