My Nonprofit Reviews

I whole-heartedly endorse this organization for the awareness they bring to heart health matters for the military community to include active-duty service members, their families, and veterans. The relationships they have with other organizations and the outreach events they conduct brings awareness to the standards of care issues that face our active-duty service members, their families, and veterans, especially since the tremendous stress they are under makes them more susceptible to heart issues. Furthermore, this organization addresses a personal issue that has affected my life and my family’s lives. Myself, being a veteran with a history of heart issues in my family and getting of the age to start worrying about heart issues have concerns for my heart health. My father passed away from heart issues, my younger brother has already had three heart attacks so the family history is substantial. I use the VA system for my health care and have been told I am of an age to start having heart check-ups such as ultrasound on my arteries. At the same doctor’s appointment was also told that those services were not available at the VA clinic or VA hospital for my care so I would need to seek civilian services for this test. (I have since this appointment had a TIA - mini stroke, which I think with proper testing may have been detected earlier issues that lead to this) In addition, my son, who was born in 1987, was born with a heart condition. When we were stationed in Puerto Rico there wasn’t care available for his condition, so we had to fly back to the US for medical care and check-ups. I feel Military Hearts Matter helps bring awareness to the lack of care available to those who serve, their family members, and veterans.