Coming up!
June 1st, 2024
3rd Annual
#CHD HeartRaiser
Mark your calendars and join us on at our 3rd CHD ‘HeartRaiser’ event happening on Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at the Bolivar Golf Club.
What to expect:
Family fun - Tethered Hot Air Balloon rides (Weather dependent/Limited rides available), CHD Golf Tournament, American Red Cross Memorial Blood Drive, children’s painting event, Appearance by Eric Jones CHD Sand Sculpture, Chinese Auction, Wine Pull, Craft/Art Vendors, Food and Drinks, Costume Characters, & much more!
We’d like to thank our community and all of our incredible businesses for supporting past years 'HeartRaiser' events and take a moment to share our sincerest appreciation for your unwavering generosity and the impact it has made directly to children and those in our local communities. This annual event is very near and dear to our hearts, bringing lots of fun and smiles to many in our community each year, only made possible because of your direct support. Nearly $10,000 each year has been raised that has helped spread awareness for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) in the form of direct outreach such as Scholarships, Toy Drives for children in local hospitals, funding organizations that search for a cure to CHD, and much more. Our efforts continue as these events each year are only made possible because of your help.
We are looking for vendors once again to setup for the craft fair. Year after year bringing our local vendors has been a fun addition to such a unique variety of different items from our communities. Join us by filling out the form and sending it back no later than May 18th, 2024 with signup payments also due.
Sponsors are also needed as it truly helps in launching this event. Our hope is that you will consider supporting us once again as a Corporate Sponsor as enclosed is a flyer and more information on how to sign up. Please note that Corporate Level 1 Sponsors are limited to 18 slots.
Volunteers also needed! Please contact us if you’d like to help donate your time. Thank you!
We welcome all to contact us directly to sign up at heartsforisabella@gmail.com , or if you have any questions at all you can also call us at 607-661-7782.
*Schedule of events will be posted at a later time.
Remote Donation options:
*𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 ’𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕𝑹𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓’ 𝒊𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒃𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌 𝒚𝒐𝒖!
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Hearts For Isabella, Inc
101 Main Street, Olean NY 14760
𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟯𝟬𝘁𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
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𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗥𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝟮𝟵𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯
501(c)3 Non-Profit Organization
In loving memory
𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐬𝐤𝐢
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 - 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎
♥️ 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞. ♥️ 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬. ♥️ 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠.
𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝗜𝗻𝗰. 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝟱𝟬𝟭𝗰(𝟯) 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫, 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐨'𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟗𝐭𝐡, 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟗 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐀𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬. 𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 on February 3rd, 2020 living only 97 days. 𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐟𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲.
𝐇𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐜𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡, 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫, 𝐈𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 ღ
𝐖𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚, 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝟑 𝐦𝐨.
♥️ 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 & 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲
Dreams from the
Heart Camp ʚ♡ɞ
“Camp is where scars are forgotten, memories are made.”
We were honored to be part of this years Heart Camp, an annual camp outage for children born with Congenital Heart Disease. Funds that were raised from our annual HeartRaiser event helped generously support $1,000 towards Dreams From the Heart Camp!
Dreams from the Heart Camp provides a structured and supervised recreational outlet for children with complex heart disease. Many of these children are unable to attend other camps due to the complexity of their physical and medical needs. Dreams from the Heart Camp provides an environment that allows these children to build self-confidence. The camp also provides an unencumbered forum for these children to ask questions of the medical team that might otherwise not surface in an intimidating medical office.
If you would like to learn more and help support this camp for their annual outages, click link below:
Snow Sculptures
❆❆❆for❆❆❆
Golisano Children's Hospital
During National Heart Month and Annual #CHDAwareness Week,
Hearts for Isabella teamed up with Eric Jones this weekend to create a special snow sculpture for all the children of Golisano Children's Hospital of Rochester to watch from the comfort of their rooms for Congenital Heart Disease (CHD) Awareness week. CHD is the most common birth defect, affecting 1 in every 100 children born. We hope this brought so many smiles to the children of GCH and helps spread more awareness about CHD and Isabella’s impact with the world to help so many of those affected and in the hospital.
As Isabella's parents, we're so proud and honored to work with such talented and amazing people to put together such an event for these children. Our hearts are so full.
We couldn't have pulled all this off with our community's support. We'd like to give special thanks to Shamrock Paving of Rochester that helped deliver snow collected from Scottsville Ice Rink Arena of Rochester. Special thanks to our volunteers that dressed up in costumes that made for lots of smiles. Lastly, biggest of thanks to Eric Jones that sculpted this awesome Mike and Sully with a "CHD" heart. Eric is a world famous talented artist in the local area and collaborated with our organization to do something big and colorful for the children to enjoy.
Eric Jones quote ”What an honor to be able to create this snow sculpture for Hearts for Isabella. With dozens of kids, families and nurses watching from the hospital windows, it’s helps remind me of how blessed I am. My daughter is about to graduate with her masters degree is a CHD survivor. I hope my artwork brings a smile to the faces of these tiny warriors. Keep fighting! “
Full list of photos:
tinyurl.com/HeartsForIsabella
Front page, Olean Times Herald Article:
tinyurl.com/H4IOleanTimesHerald
Feature, Rochester News 10 News:
tinyurl.com/WHECROCH10
The Hearts For Isabella Memorial #CHD Scholarship Award was established to honor the memory of Isabella Annelise Dombrowski, who on February 3rd of 2020, lost her life to complications of open heart surgery after being born with only half a heart at only 3 months old.
A scholarship is pledged from Hearts For Isabella, Inc which is a 501(c) Non-Profit Organization made to honor Isabella’s legacy and also to raise awareness of Congenital Heart Disease (CHD), a life-long diagnosis.
To receive this scholarship, candidates must be specifically connected to the heart community in the innermost form based on a medical diagnosis of CHD themselves and/or specific involvement of Cardiac Pediatrics advancements in education practices.
With his direct connection to the heart community as a local surviving heart warrior, in addition to his continued service as a volunteer firefighter and dreams to become an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), we are incredibly honored to bestow the first Hearts For Isabella Memorial Scholarship Award to Mr. Conner Scutt of Portville Central School (PCS).
Despite the life-long challenges of CHD, Conner’s bravery inspires and exemplifies success to everyone he meets, proving any hurdle can be overcome with dedication and courage. We would like to graciously share our highest appreciation to Conner for his brave community service and equally hope that this scholarship fund in the amount of $1,000.00 will support these valiant career advancements which directly supports our local communities in such impactful ways.
Thank you Conner. You are a living miracle of what it is to beat CHD every single day. Your selfless heart carries the highest strength that inspires us all. Keep fighting and beating the odds! We’re so thankful and proud to be connected to your journey so closely
We will be communicating more on how you can help contribute to future annual scholarships for the heart children in our local areas.
$5,000 to
Children's Heart Foundation
In July of 2022 we hosted the biggest ‘HeartRaiser’ for Congenital Heart Disease awareness our area has ever seen, helping to raise over $10,000! We truly couldn’t have done it without our communities support to make it for such a beautiful day of giving.
From all these efforts, Hearts for Isabella was able to donate $5,000 to the The Children's Heart Foundation which leads collaborative efforts in advancing the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of congenital heart defects (CHDs) with the most promising research.
Over the last 26 years CHF has helped collaboratively fund
155 research projects and $16 million dollars towards scientific collaborations helping to drive breakthroughs that have improved survival rates, longevity, and quality of life for individuals living with CHDs in dramatic and life-changing ways. We are so proud to help be part of this mission towards a day without CHD.
Thank you again to everyone that has helped make this happen. We truly could not have gotten here without all your generous support for Isabella and our collaborative missions.
♥️♥️#BellaStrong♥️♥️
Isabella's 2022 Holiday CHD Toy Drive
With the help of our communities and the fundraiser dinner held this past November, a total of $1,698 was raised to help buy toys for children currently receiving care at Golisano Children's Hospital Rochester.
Collections and purchases of over 500 toys for children age ranging from newborn to 10+ years old allowing for a full holiday of toys to 82 children in the hospital.
We truly could not have done this without our family, friends, and our wonderful community in the Olean, Bolivar, Corning, Painted Post, Horseheads, Sayre PA area. The collaboration of so many amazing people made for a huge impact beyond what we expected in Isabella's name to bring smiles and joy to those that need it most.
- Click here for more information -
500+ Toys Collected & Donated
to 82 children of
Golisano Children's Hospital Rochester NY
Ronald McDonald
House Charities
"Helping families feel at home,
even when they can't be"
RMHC
When our sweet Isabella was receiving care at Golisano Children's Hospital, our family was blessed and fortunate enough with being part of RMHC and all their support to provide a place to stay and allow us to be with our daughter, all at no cost.
We are forever thankful and have since partnered with the RMHC for multiple dinners and breakfast hosting's to come back and provide meals and volunteer for this home and families currently residing and in the same position as us during difficult times.
Learn more and how to help:
https://rmhc.org
Partnering with the
✚ American Red Cross 🩸
The American Red Cross & Hearts For Isabella partnered together in 2022 for two separate Baby Isabella Memorial Blood Drives.
These blood drives were very special and units went directly to Pediatrics in our areas an those in desperate need of blood, saving countless lives.
We can’t thank the American Red Cross and the community enough for being part of this event and all we do to give back!
Interested in donating at the next blood drive?
*Future partnered Memorial Blood drives will be announced.
In the meantime, bring hope to those in immediate need by following the box below to search for drives in your areas:
Annual CHD 'HeartRaiser'
Fundraiser for Congenital Heart Disease
Around 1,000 people each year of our community came together to raise nearly $10,000 featuring 2 Hot Air Balloons, Music, Eric Jones Caricature Drawings, Chinese Auction/Raffles, Craft Fair and so much more for such a great cause in Isabella's name and memory making for an unforgettable and meaningful day to give back to those affected.
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Isabella's 1st Heavenly Birthday Fundraiser
We collectively helped to raise over $2,500 that supported
100 Bella Bags and 6 Bella Baskets filled with hope, courage, bravery, and strength that were given to the Golisano Children’s Hospital and the Ronald McDonald’s House in honor of Bella and her
1st Heavenly Birthday on October 29th, 2020
