KARDIAC KIDS IS A SUPPORT GROUP THAT HELPS FAMILIES WHO HAVE CHILDREN BORN WITH HEART CONDITIONS. THERE ARE KIDS BEING BORN EVERYDAY WITH HEART CONDITIONS AND FOR MANY OF THESE KIDS IT MEANS A LIFETIME OF MEDICATIONS, SURGERIES AND LIMITATIONS. MANY OF THESE KIDS HAVE OPEN HEART SURGERIES AS EARLY AS THEIR FIRST DAY OF LIFE. MANY OF THEM HAVE PACEMAKERS BEFORE THEIR FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN. EVERYDAY LIFE CAN BE A STRUGGLE FOR THESE KIDS AND AS THEY GET OLDER KEEPING UP WITH OTHER KIDS CAN ALMOST BE IMPOSSIBLE.

     SINCE 2007 HAWAII FAMILIES HAVE HAD THE CHANCE TO GO TO CAMP TAYLOR HAWAII. FOR 3-4 DAYS FAMILIES ATTEND A CAMP THAT IS FILLED WITH FUN AND LOTS OF MEMORIES. EACH FAMILY IS ASSIGNED A TEEN MENTOR WHO ALSO HAS HEART DISEASE. THEY DO SKITS, GAMES, SWIMMING, ARTS & CRAFTS, HEART EDUCATION AND EVEN SMORES! SINCE THIS IS A CAMP FOR FRAGILE HEART KIDS IT IS FULLY MEDICALLY SUPERVISED WITH DOCTORS AND NURSES VOLUNTEERING THEIR TIME TO ATTEND. THIS CAMP ONLY BENEFITS HAWAII FAMILIES AND IT'S A CHANCE FOR THESE KIDS TO "NORMAL" FOR A FEW DAYS. THE RELATIONSHIPS THESE KIDS MAKE WITH THEIR MENTORS ARE PRICELESS! 

     CAMP TAYLOR HAWAII IS SO SPECIALTO OUR KIDS PLEASE HELP US CONTINUE PROVIDING OUR ISLAND KEIKI WITH THIS EXPERIENCE. ALL DONATIONS ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE AND THIS IS THE ONLY CAMP FOR HEART KIDS IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF HAWAII...."PILLS AND PACEMAKERS KEEP US ALIVE BUT CAMP TAYLOR LETS US LIVE!" (QUOTED BY A MENTOR) 



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