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      Just Heart Foundation is dedicated to helping families in crisis, particularly those with a hospitalized child.  
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      Founded in 2008, the Just Heart Foundation has been helping families in need for over 15 years!  
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Our History

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2008

  • Just Heart Foundation (JHF) was established on December 9th in Dunwoody, Georgia

2009

  • JHF provides its first grant to a family at Children’s Hospital of Atlanta (CHOA)
  • JHF collaborates with CHOA to assist families with children in treatment
  • JHF officially begins assisting families at Sibley Heart Center (CHOA)

2010

  • JHF formally starts assisting families with kids at Marcus Autism Center
  • JHF collaborates with Georgia Transplant Foundation to assist families with children needing transplants

2011

  • JHF participates in the Dunwoody 4th of July celebration along with former grant recipient volunteers

2012

  • JHF helps fund Georgia Transplant Foundation’s annual marriage retreat. JHF invites several JHF recipients who have children with transplants
  • JHF awards its 100th grant

2013

  • Marriage Retreat with GA Transplant

2014

  • A private donor gives monies to create The Allard Fund, an endowment which provided grants specifically for NICU patient families

2015

  • JHF collaborates with Children’s of Alabama
  • Marriage Retreat with GA Transplant

2016

  • JHF collaborates with Children’s at Erlanger (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
  • JHF helps fund Marcus Autism Camp (Atlanta, Georgia)
  • JFH creates its annual Merry Mommies and Daddies campaign, giving care packages to parents with children in treatment during the holiday season

2017

  • 2017 Marriage Retreat with GA Transplant
  • Marcus Autism Camp
  • JHF Merry Mommies and Daddies (Erlanger/Children’s of Alabama)

2018

  • JHF begins its annual Thanksgiving meal for parents with children in treatment at Children’s at Erlanger (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
  • Marcus Autism Camp
  • Merry Mommies and Daddies (Erlanger/Children’s of Alabama)

2019

  • JHF awards its 500th grant
  • JHF participates in CHOA’s Kids at Heart event
  • Erlanger Thanksgiving meal
  • JHF hosts its ten-year anniversary celebration at the Donaldson-Bannister farm (Dunwoody, GA)
  • Marriage Retreat with GA Transplant
  • Merry Mommies and Daddies (Erlanger/Children’s of Alabama)

2020

  • JHF provides funds for families in need of temporary housing during their hospital stays due to Covid-19 pandemic
  • Kids at Heart event (Zoo Atlanta)
  • Erlanger Thanksgiving meal
  • Merry Mommies and Daddies

2021

  • Erlanger Thanksgiving meal
  • Merry Mommies and Daddies

2022

  • Kids at Heart event (Zoo Atlanta)
  • Erlanger Thanksgiving meal
  • Merry Mommies and Daddies

2023

  • Marriage Retreat with GA Transplant
  • Kids at Heart event (Zoo Atlanta)
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