This Christmas, your gift for heart research will help keep Aussie families together.
18 Australians lose their lives to heart attacks every day. Heart disease is the single biggest killer of all Australians and can strike at any age — even seemingly fit and healthy people.
Heart disease won’t stop taking lives just because it’s Christmas. But our research won’t stop either. We urgently need your help to raise $250,000 of vital heart research funding by Christmas to help prevent deadly heart attacks.
Your tax-deductible donation today will help fund research to fight heart attacks – so we can continue to save lives and keep families together.
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Every day is a race against the clock to find answers to help save lives
Christine Handford (pictured above) will never forget the fear and pain in her son Kade’s voice when she spoke to him for the very last time.
At just 31 years old, Kade rang his mum to ask what a heart attack feels like. Christine was helpless, and hours away, as she explained the symptoms and told Kade to phone an ambulance right away.
Emergency services worked to save Kade’s life, but tragically his heart attack was fatal.
After his death, it was discovered that Kade had atherosclerosis, which is known as the ‘silent killer’ as often the person does not have any symptoms.
Atherosclerosis is the hardening and narrowing of the arteries in the heart caused by a build-up of plaque and is one of the leading causes of heart disease. A severe or sudden blockage can cause heart attack and sudden death.
Kade’s parents, Christine and Garry, and his two brothers miss him every day - especially at Christmas time. This year will be their third without Kade.
Christine and Garry are passionate about heart research - they don’t want another parent to go through the pain and loss they have experienced. Research is essential to unlock the causes of atherosclerosis, how to treat it and potentially prevent it altogether.
Donate now to help us raise $250,000 in essential heart research funding this Christmas. Let’s fight the ‘silent killer’ to keep more families together.
“Heart disease is the biggest killer of people worldwide, the biggest killer of people in Australia. If it can be prevented through research, to prevent more families going through what we’ve been through… it needs to happen.”
Your gift to heart research this Christmas will help Aussie families together
Christine shares her story
The tragic loss of her son Kade at just 31 years old to a heart attack and why research matters to her.
18 Australians lose their lives to heart attacks every day
With fatal heart attacks rising, there will sadly be more empty seats at Christmas tables across Australia this year.
But you can help us change that by donating to heart research so we can carry on Dr Victor Chang’s vision of a future free from heart disease
Your gift this Christmas will help fight atherosclerosis, one of the key drivers of fatal heart attacks. Will you help fund heart research and provide a better future for generations to come?
Help keep Aussie families together this Christmas.
Thank you to our generous supporters!
Will you join the fight against heart disease?
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