“Give a Gift of Life – Donate Today”
In 2000,
I lost my only child Anthony Bates to sudden cardiac arrest caused by HCM. But
my child’s death could save your child’s life…
Hypertrophic
Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a leading killer of young people & athletes in this country.
Many of these deaths could be prevented by heart screenings for children. The
Anthony Bates Foundation (ABF) provides free and low cost heart screening events, which detect undiagnosed heart problems
in approximately 10% of the young people screened. One of those could be your
child or a child you know.
ABF
brings life-saving heart screenings to the heart of your community – free or low cost - but needs your donations to
save more kids. Please help us save more lives through your tax-deductible donations
to the Anthony Bates Foundation Cardiac Screening Program.
Here are some frightening facts about kids and heart disease:
-
Heart
disease kills more children than any other disease except cancer.*
-
14,000
children die each year from heart disease.**
-
One in
500 people have life-threatening HCM and most are unaware.
- Out of 10 million Jr/High school athletes, 1,000,000 are at risk of Sudden Cardiac
Arrest from undetected heart problems.
And here’s the welcome news about heart screenings:
- Heart screenings detect problems like HCM in 10% - one in ten - of
people screened.
- People with HCM can live long, healthy lives, with early diagnosis
and care.
- With proper screening, we could save the lives of 10,000 children
each year or more.
- ABF provides heart screenings, low cost & free of charge, to children across
the country.
Here’s
what your donation can do:
- $25 pays for a heart screening for one young person (++ see note)
- $50 pays for heart screenings for two young people
- $250 Premium Donation pays for ten heart screenings and can
SAVE THE LIFE of that one person in ten who has a preventable heart problem.
______any other amount can help with screenings,
staff and administrative costs
Give on this
web page:
Credit Card (Visa
& MasterCard) donations accepted
OR
Make
your tax-deductible check or money order payable to:
Anthony Bates Foundation
428 E. Thunderbird Rd., # 633
Phoenix,
AZ 85022
Source: * American Heart Association
** Center for Disease Control &
Heart Rhythm Society
For more info call (602) 482-5606 or email from our Contacts page.
The Anthony Bates Foundation is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit
organization formed in 2002. We are dedicated to saving young lives through early detection of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
(HCM). The Anthony Bates Foundation is actively promoting public outreach programs through education and awareness for
the need to provide heart screening events for our youth. We offer training for groups that would like to provide
their own events or The Anthony Bates Foundation can coordinate events in your area. Our goal is to promote heart health
education and awareness of HCM.
Through
the tireless efforts of our staff and volunteers we have organized 37 Cardiac Screening Days since 2001, across the USA. We have
provided more than 4,700 free and low cost echocardiograms and ECG tests to young people.
Each screening done at a cardiologist’s office could cost a family as much as $3,000 and most insurance companies
do not pay for preventative cardiac screenings for young people. As many as 10%
of those screened have become aware of undiagnosed heart issues. Plus, our training
program has now reached parents, community members and medical professionals interested in providing screenings in over 29
states and 4 countries in Europe.
Your
help will allow us to continue the cause!
With
Respect and Honor,
Sharon
Bates
CEO/Founder
The
Anthony Bates Foundation
www.AnthonyBates.org
“Saving
lives one heart at a time…”
++ Note: Donations of $25 or more will receive
a special gift from the Anthony Bates Foundation. Through December each donor will receive our gift of a “Tastes of Heaven” cookbook published by our own, Sharon Bates,
with the help of our friends from all over the world. There are 450 well-loved recipes featured in the book, including appetizers, main dishes,
desserts, heart healthy choices and fun novelty recipes.
Additional
purchases can be made on-line or include a request in your donation for the purchase of more cookbook copies. The Special Holiday price of $20
each for the “Tastes of Heaven” cookbook won’t last, and can be these treasures yours for holiday gift-giving. Act now! For more information go
on-line and check-out this ABF link:
http://anthonybates.org/anthonybatesfoundation/id39.html
Shipping included FREE everywhere
in the US!
