Welcome to Henry's Heartlings!

Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Raises Almost $500 for Henry's Heartlings see [News About the Heartlings]

What are Heartlings?

\Heart' lings\, interjection An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] --Shakespeare

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

About Us

In the United States, heart disease is the number one cause of death, and stroke is number three. Henry's Heartlings are the family and friends of Henry Schmitt who donate to the American Heart Association via the annual Pittsburgh Heart Walk. Pictured above is the Henry's Heartlings 2009 Walking Team.

If you would like to support us in raising money to help fight heart disease and stroke, please visit our donation page. To find out more about our walkers and why they walk, visit the Walking Team page. A number of companies support Henry's Heartlings with either monetary or in-kind donations. They can be found on our sponsors page; information about becoming a sponsor can be found there as well.

Join Us

If you would like to walk in the Pittsburgh Heart Walk with us, or would just like to help us raise money for the American Heart Association, you can sign up at our team page on the Heart Walk fundraising site.

In Memoriam

Nancy Lacina a long-time heart patient and mother of Heart Walker Katherine Schmitt, passed away on April 17, 2009 She will always be our Honored Heartling. Please donate to the Nancy Lacina Memorial.

News

Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Raises Almost $500 for Henry's Heartlings

The Vocal Majors at Pittsburgh Public Schools Creative and Performing Arts School won the National Junior Honor Society's fundraiser for Henry's Heartlings. However, since Stagecraft and Creative Writing were both within $3 of the Vocal students, the CAPA PTSA has decided to throw a pizza party for all three majors.

Altogether, the 6-8 graders raised $460.25 for the American Heart Association. The pizza party will be held on Feb. 5, 2010, which happens to be National Wear Red Day. We expect to see a lot of kids wearing red at the pizza party.

Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 Fundraising for Henry's Heartlings

The National Junior Honor Society at the Pittsburgh Public Schools Creative and Performing Arts School is fundraising for Henry's Heartlings. Every year the NJHS does fundraising for various causes, and this year they've chosen to support the American Heart Association through Henry's Heartlings. The 6th to 8th graders at the school are in a fierce competition: the students in the Arts Major which raises the most money for us stand to win a pizza party. Thanks to everyone at CAPA for supporting our worthy cause!

Henry's Heartlings Wins Four Awards

We want to say a big Thank You to everyone who supported us in the 2009 Pittsburgh Heart Walk. Thanks to you, this was our best year ever.

Almost the entire Team made it to the Award Ceremony at Le Mont on Mount Washington this year. We came away with four awards.

Henry and Karen received Top Walker Awards for raising over $1000 each. A Star Walker Award went to Kath for raising $500. The big surprise for the evening was Henry's Heartlings receiving a Top Friends & Family Team Award as the Number Two non-corporate fundraising team in Pittsburgh. We're aiming for Number One in 2010!

THANK YOU!

Heart Walk Day

Heart Walk Day has come and gone. We had a great time at the new Survivors Friends & Family tent coordinated by the AHA Survivors Committee. After a cold walk, we had a much appreciated warm meal provided by Bravo! Cucina Italiana. A number of local businesses donated items to be auctioned off. Henry won the big prize of an overnight stay at the downtown Doubletree Hotel!

Walk Day photos are available in our new Photo Album. Check them out!

New T-Shirts Available

We've made our supporter t-shirts available from a new online store. Not only that, but for the first time, we're also making the Walking Team T-Shirt available as well. It's a great gift for your Honored Heartling. Ten percent of all sales go to the AHA.

Four Weeks Left to Go!

The 2009 Heart Walk is four weeks from today! Thanks to some generous donors, we're well on our to meeting our goals. But time is running out and we need your help. Please make a donation today.

We're also setting a deadline for Honored Heartlings of October 4. This will give us enough time to have the Walking Team T-Shirts made up.

Denise Azzari joins Henry's Heartlings

Another new walker has joined Henry's Heartlings: Denise Azzari! Denise is an Adjunct Dance Instructor at Pittsburgh CAPA 6-12 School. We'd like to welcome her to our team.

Karen Kern joins Henry's Heartlings

Please join us in welcoming our newest walker Karen Kern. Karen has been a fund raiser for Climb for Hope and has now joined the Henry's Heartlings Heart Walk Team.

Walker Update

Heart Walker Katherine comments on the loss of her mother to stroke and heart attack, and how the American Heart Association helped postpone that loss.

Fundraising Update

It's the middle of July, halfway through our fundraising period and Katherine has already reached her goal due to the generous donations in memory of her mother. Unfortunately overall team fundraising has only reached a third of our goal. We need your help! Please make a donation right now. We realize that money is tight in today's economy, but even a small donation will help millions. And you can recruit a friend to make a donation as well.

Link to Henry's Heartlings

Help us raise money for the American Heart Association by putting a link to us on your site. We've added a new page to the site with graphics and HTML you can use to put a Henry's Heartlings link on your web site.

New Facebook Page

We now have a Page on facebook. If you're a facebook member, become a fan, show your support for our team and keep up with our latest news.

In-Kind Donation Sought

We're looking for a printer who can print our Heartling Cards for us. In return we'll feature the printer on our Sponsors Page. If you're a printer, or know a printer willing to do this, we'd like to hear from you. Please contact us at sponsor@henrysheartlings.org. Thanx!