- Β Β Β Β Β Congenital Heart Night at Busch StadiumΒ Β
The World Champion St. Louis Cardinals will hostΒ Congenital Heart NightΒ at Busch Stadium when they play the Philadelphia Phillies on the Saturday of the Memorial DayΒ Weekend! Come βroot, root, rootΒ for the home teamβ, our World Series- winning St. Louis Cardinals, and team up to support theAdult Congenital Heart AssociationΒ and thChildren's Heart Foundation- Missouri Chapter. Funds raisedΒ through these ticket sales will go for research into the best methods of detection, treatment, and prevention ofΒ congenital heartΒ defects, the #1 most common birth defect in the U.S. and around the world!Β
Specially priced tickets are available for these select Right Field Box Seatsβ¦so itβsΒ easy to join the fun, show your support and demonstrate that you have a generousΒ HEART!
A pre-game ceremony will take place honoring Β all Congenital Heart DefectΒ (CHD) patientsΒ and families, as well as acknowledging Β those who dedicate their time and efforts to thisΒ important cause. The ceremonialΒ Β first pitchΒ will be thrown byΒ Dr.Β Charles B. Huddleston,Β an internationally-recognized cardiothoracic surgeonΒ specializing in pediatric heart-and-lungΒ surgery and congenital heart disease. He is considered the most experienced surgeon in theΒ Midwest in combined pediatric heart-lung transplantation. Joining Dr. Huddleston on the field with will be,Β Lena Morsch, an adult CHD survivor, representing the AdultΒ CongenitalΒ Heart Association;Β Lori Ortbals, President of theΒ Childrenβs Heart Foundation-MO Chapter;Β 11-year oldΒ Cameron Callico, a child CHD survivor and a heart transplant recipient;Β Cameron's mom,Β Angie Callico; andΒ Dr. Ari CedarsΒ from theΒ Center for Adults WithΒ Congenital Heart DiseaseΒ at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.
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β₯Β Special pricing has been arrangedΒ for theseΒ Β Box Seats in Right-Field -Β onlyΒ Β $37 Β perΒ ticket!Β Tickets are limited and are on a first come, first served basisβ¦so download theΒ ticket order form now from theΒ Congenital HeartΒ Night at Busch StadiumΒ page onΒ Facebook or go to the Childrenβs Heart Foundationβs WebsiteΒ www.chfmissouri.orgΒ to orderΒ your tickets!
Please make checks payable toΒ SI Hearts of GoldΒ (a special account set up for this event)Β and mail your check and order form (available atwww.chfmissouri.orgΒ or at theΒ CongenitalΒ Heart NightΒ page on Facebook) to:
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Ms. Lena Morsch
20 Golden Ash Lane
Carbondale, Illinois 62902Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Proceeds will benefit theΒ Adult Congenital Heart Association (ACHA)Β and theΒ Childrenβs Heart Foundation-MO Chapter.Β The Adult Congenital Heart AssociationΒ is a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve the quality of life and extend the lives of adults with congenital heart defects. Through education, outreach, advocacy, and promotion of research, ACHA serves and supports the more than one million adults with congenital heart defects, their families and the medical community.
TheΒ Childrenβs Heart FoundationΒ is a 501Β©3 non-profit organization whose mission is to bring health, hope and happiness to children impacted by congenital heart defects, the number # 1 most common birth defect in the U.S. and around the world! The Childrenβs Heart Foundation accomplishes this goal by funding the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects and is the only non-profit organization createdΒ exclusively to fund congenital heart defect research.
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