Congenital heart defects are America's #1 birth defect. Nearly one of every 85 babies is born with a CHD in the US.

Congenital heart defects are the Number 1 cause of birth defect related deaths.

This year almost 40,000 babies will be born with a congenital heart defect in the US. 4,000 of them will not live to see their first birthday.

91,000 life years are lost each year in this country due to congenital heart defects.

The cost for inpatient surgery to repair congenital heart defects exceeds $2.2 billion a year.

Congenital heart defects occur frequently and are often life threatening, yet research into them is grossly under funded.

Only one penny of every dollar donated to the American Heart Association goes towards congenital heart defect research.

Of every dollar the government spends on medical funding only a fraction of a penny is directed toward congenital heart defect research.

More than 50% of all children born with a congenital heart defect will require at least one invasive surgery in their lifetime.

There are 35 different types of congenital heart defects. Little is known about the cause of most them. There is not yet a cure for any of them.

In the U.S., twice as many children die from congenital heart defects each year than from all forms of childhood cancer combined, yet funding for pediatric cancer research is five times higher than funding for CHD.

Due to these alarming facts, we the undersigned urge the Media to start helping in raising Awareness whether it will be my magazine and newspaper articles, books, info shows and commercials.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this petition and care so much to sign it. It it truly being appreciated.

WE NEED TO MAKE CHILDRENS' HEALTH ISSUES OUR PRIORITY !

If you would like to learn more about CHD, please visit the following great pages :

http://www.chloeduyckmemorial.com

http://www.hope4tinyhearts.com

http://www.itsmyheart.org

http://www.tchin.org

http://www.carepages.com

http://www.savinglittlehearts.org

http://www.childrensheartfoundation.org/

http://www.babyheart.org/

http://www.congenitalheartdefects.com/

http://www.chdinfo.com/

http://www.chdfamilies.org/

http://www.societyforchda.com/

http://www.chdawareness.org/

http://www.kentuckianalefthearts.com

http://www.childrensheartlink.org

http://www.thechdquilt.homestead.com/

http://www.childrenheartinstitute.org/

http://www.heartsofhopemi.org/

http://www.littlehearts.org

http://www.riheartgroup.com

http://www.babyheartspress.com

Please tell your family, friends and co-workers about this petition because I am trying to have 50.000 signatures by the end of December 2008.

Also, I am looking for Parents of CHD children (and Angels ) or Grown Ups With CHD who would like to tell their story. Please contact me on :
seraphim.books@yahoo.de

God bless you :)*

Sandra Kay,
- Founder of Seraphim Children Projects and Seraphim Books.