Rotary Club Donates $250 To Fight Haitian Heart Disease

MOORESTOWN, NJ — The Moorestown Breakfast Rotary Club recently donated $250 to help fund the the Gift of Life Network, the club announced. Kathy Hiltner, of Rotarians Serving Humanity - Healing Little Haitian Hearts, accepted the donation and spoke about the group’s 15 missions to Haiti since 2012. In 2012, the group began providing treatment to Haitian children with heart disease.

During the surgical mission, an incredible milestone was reached. One-and-a-half-year-old Rood was the 30,000th child to be operated on through the Gift of Life Network since 1975.

A screening mission followed in which a total of 105 children were evaluated, 40 of which had been operated on previously and received follow up care to ensure their continued health. Another 55 were found to be in need of treatment.

Support for the program is provided by Rotary Global Grant contributors, the Verrazano Rotary Club, the Port-au-Prince Rotary Club, as well as the Moorestown Breakfast and Lunch clubs.

In addition to Haiti, the Gift of Life Network has helped children with funding an ICU area dedicated to pediatric cardiac program in El Salvador, and live saving cardiac interventions in Egypt.

The attached image was provided by the Moorestown Breakfast Rotary Club