chapter goals

Where We Are Headed

"If you don't know where you are going, every road will get you there" - Henry A. Kissinger

As Mended Hearts, and caregivers, we know our number one Goal and Objective: visit Heart Patients and give support and encouragement to the patient and his family. We also know acheiving that goal requires measureable and acheivable goals for our operation. Our mission statement and goals are listed below. We hope every member will be familar with these goals and help our chapter in achieving our mission.

Mission Statement

• To develop within the membership great Enthusiasm and a Positive Attitude to better enable us to support Heart Patients and their Caregivers.
• To emphasize a Heart Healthy Lifestyle with programs and activities concerning nutrition, exercise, and stress reduction.
• To promote awareness of Women and Heart Disease.
• To promote awareness of the effect of Diabetes and Obesity on Heart Disease

Goals and Objectives:

1. Visiting Program
   1. Strengthen visiting program by increasing accredited visitors to 25
   2. Develop a program for heart catheterization patients and other minimally-invasive procedures
   3. Develop a program focused on heart pacemaker patients
   4. Find out status of Cardiac Binder and what our participation is
   5. Continue dialogue with Director of Cardiac Services
   6. Investigate whether AHA will continue supplying the brochures for PATHPAKs
   7. Continue emphasis on compliance with HIPPA regulations
2. Support and Strengthen the Volunteer Program in ICU/CSICU Waiting Room
   1. Increase number of hospital volunteers by 4
   2. Provide hospital volunteer training 2 times a year
   3. Keep in contact with Volunteer Director and Administration concerning needs, and potential problems, at least four times per year
   4. Keep volunteers advised of new or changed procedures
   5. Have a trial period of having the ICU/CSICU desk manned on the weekends
3. Increase new members and member retention
   1. Complete New Member Packs by September 2004
   2. Present chapter budget request for approx. $100 for printing of New Member Packs
   3. Continue developing a Welcoming Committee with new members assigned a sponsor for the meeting
   4. Explore avenues of gatherings of new members to develop a bond and find out how their needs might be met
   5. Develop a letter of welcome
4. Budget - Develop a budget by the August meeting
5. Leadership through training and participation
   1. Each committee chairman should make an effort to involve other members as part of a committee
6. Programs
   1. Provide programs that are educational, medically oriented, motivational, and entertaining
   2. Ask membership for suggestions for programs
   3. Plan special recognition for Caregivers
   4. Set date for annual picnic
   5. Write thank you notes for speakers
7. AED Program
   1. Promote PAD programs.
      1. Promote PAD programs through the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate of the American Heart Association (AHA).
      2. Continue to work with the AHA to build out the Williamsburg/James City County PAD Taskforce.
      3. In concert with the AHA, define and establish a PAD program for the lower Peninsula (Newport News, Hampton, York County, and Poquoson).
      4. Provide at least two (2) AED demonstrations at local public venues, similar to the event held at Patrick Henry Mall during Heart Month.
      5. Provide PAD and AED information in support of the chapter’s Speaker Bureau engagements and AHA Health Fairs.
      6. Develop a model PAD program for other Mended Hearts chapters to use.
   2. Donate AEDs to the Community
      1. Deliver an AED to the City of Newport News Police Department using chapter funds raised last year.
      2. Raise sufficient chapter funds to make another donation.
8. Speakers Bureau
   1. Support the Mid-Atlantic Affiliate of the American Heart Association (AHA)
   2. Provide PAD and AED information in support of the chapter’s PAD program.
   3. Respond to every request for a speaker
9. Support Cardiac Care Professional staff by determining their needs---Money for continuing education, scholarship, or others
10. Provide speakers for Cardiac Rehab. Have 2 or 3 members trained
11. Support AHA projects
    1. Heart Walk—Raise $3,250 and provide other assistance in registration, etc
    2. Provide members to assist with Health Fairs
    3. Provide CPR training for membership
    4. Keep track of volunteer hours
12. Continue Heart Pillow Program
    1. Use participation of membership and community organizations such as churches and sewing guilds (Verizon Pioneers, Mended Hearts members, St. Mark Lutheran Church, Sewing Guild "Clara McCreary/Patty Swann")
    2. Make an average of 35 pillows per month
    3. Recognize Pioneers for their assistance with the pillows over many years. Thank all who make pillows
13. Support Gloucester Satellite by developing new approaches to encourage people to attend. (Satellite in abeyance until more interest is shown by the people of the area)
    1. Meet with Bob Bryant, New administrator of Walter Reed Hospital, to see what can be done with the help of the hospital
    2. Continue efforts to have programs meeting the needs of the heart patient community
14. Support goals of Newsletter
    1. Communicate to all members: Active, New patients, Shut-ins, Non-active
    2. Add more pictures
    3. Develop members in the Spotlight articles
    4. Acquire Newsletter list from National (to bring up at NLC in newsletter meeting)
    5. Place MH’s information in Gloucester Connections (done)
    6. Newsletter registered under Pages –Medical articles—National pays (done)
    7. Subscribing to NY Times (need to renew)
    8. Utilize WWW.webMD.com
    9. Place copies at nurses stations on 4th floor, ICU, CSICU, Cath Lab, MD offices and other hospital locations (Judy Lund does this)
    10. Many other sources and websites to be utilized
15. Website
    1. Re-establish the Mended Hearts Chapter Website as an active website.
    2. Update Chapter news on a monthly basis
    3. Include the chapter newsletter as a part of the website
16. Promote attendance at regional and cluster meetings
17. Support attendance at the National Leadership Conference
18. Investigate new revenue sources
19. Keep Committee Folders up to date
    1. Name of Chairman
    2. Names of Committee members
    3. Duties, Goals, & Objectives and Needed Resources
    4. List of activities with dates, who participated and comments
20. Thank you (written) to speakers, donor of plaque for Member for the Year (Riverside Trophies), and Riverside employees, and RRMC Administration at appropriate times.
21. History/Publicity
    1. Store any and all written information, awards, plaques, photos, newspaper articles dealing with Mended Hearts.
    2. Run Photos/cutlines concerning Mended Hearts in the Daily Press
22. Medical Advisor
    1. Provide BP Screening
    2. Advise Mended Hearts chapter on Medical needs
    3. Provide CPR training when needed
    4. Investigate Health Fair Meetings

heart facts

Each year about 500,000 women die from Cardiovascular Disease (CVD).

photo gallery

• members in action
• from the past

programs

• AED
• heart pillows
• scholarships
• visiting
• volunteers
• young hearts

Thank you for visiting Mended Hearts Chapter 119 - Come back again soon.

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Newport News, VA 23601
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