Heartfelt Harmonies Donation Map
Read more about the amazing nonprofit organizations Heartfelt Harmonies has helped to-date. All these nonprofits have far-reaching effects on the lives of youth and their families, providing services such as after-care, residential housing, meal centers, and emergency support.
See below to learn more about their impactful services. Through your support Heartfelt Harmonies has donated 19 AEDs ensuring life-saving AED access to under-served populations and also freeing up funds for these organizations to offer other supportive services.
Thank you for your support!
New Brunswick Tomorrow (NBT)
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed another AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at New Brunswick Tomorrow in New Brunswick, New Jersey!
New Brunswick Tomorrow (NBT) is a non-profit organization whose ideas, partnerships and initiatives are moving people forward. NBT is dedicated to fostering public/private networks of agencies, institutions, and community organizations that enrich the lives of the people of New Brunswick, promoting self-sufficiency and personal dignity for every individual. NBT is focused on improving the quality of life for all city residents, identifying critical community needs and responding to those needs.
A special thanks to Ms. Bridget Torcivia for helping get this donation to NBT and Ms. Viscuso for helping to coordinate the donation!
Center for Family Services
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed another AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at the Center for Family Services (CFFS) in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The Center aims to support and empower individuals, families and communities to achieve a better life through vision, hope and strength. The Center is for all people to lead capable, responsible, fulfilled lives in strong families and healthy communities.
Programs and services include: Addiction & Recovery, Community Connections, Counseling & Behavioral Health, Early Childhood Education, Family Support & Prevention, Safe & Supportive Housing, Trauma & Victim Response, and Workforce Development.
At the Center for Family Services CPR trainings are conducted so their staff will be well trained to use this AED if that is ever needed.
Thank you to Ms. Hammil and Ms. White for their help in coordinating this donation!
Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center
Another AED has been donated! Heartfelt Harmonies is proud to say that there is now and AED protecting the Bradbury Sullivan LGBT Community Center.
The Center is a radically inclusive Queer space based in the Lehigh Valley, fostering Queer joy & liberation. Prioritizing the most marginalized populations throughout Pennsylvania, they provide innovative programs, services and experiences for their LGBTQ+ population through connection, education, culture and healing. The Center primarily supports the LGBTQ+ community in the Greater Lehigh Valley Area. The virtual groups have been attended by community members from across the country and their most recent Pride Festival was attended by over 7500 LGBTQ+ and Allied individuals.
They have community members of all ages visiting daily for groups, programming, and just a space to find Queer community.
The addition of an onsite AED would allow them to make sure that, should a community member need this life saving treatment, they can provide that help at the Center while additional assistance is on route.
A special thank you to both Ms. Ketterer and Julia Rock-Torcivia for helping facilitate this donation!
Valley Youth House
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed another AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at Valley Youth House in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Valley Youth House is the catalyst for youth to achieve their desired future through genuine relationships that support families, ensure safe places, and build community connections. At Valley Youth House, they do more than provide a home for vulnerable, abused and homeless youth: they partner with thousands of individuals to build a solid foundation for young people and their families. VYH is there for all youth and families, including those with nowhere else to turn.
Thank you to Mr. Poulson for his help coordinating this donation!
Thank you to Zoll Medical for donating this AED to HH Charity!
West End House
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed two AED machines! These machines will be protecting lives at West End House Boys and Girls Club in Boston!
The West End House mission is to inspire and enable youth from all backgrounds to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. West End House is a Boston community anchor focused on youth development, college, and career success, food security, and trauma-informed wellness. Their youth development programs, hosted at our 46,000-square-foot facility in Allston, focus on four program areas: Academic Success, Leadership and Career Development, Visual and Performing Arts, and Sports, Fitness and Nutrition.
Thank you to Ms. Shames who helped coordinate this donation!
Saint Stephen’s Youth Programs (SSYP)
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed another AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at Saint Stephen’s Youth Programs in Boston, Massachusetts.
Nearly 25 years ago, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church opened its doors as a place for youth to feel safe, big, and connected. This act was the founding of SSYP. The mission of SSYP today is to promote equity in education, employment and opportunity through long-term relationships with young people and their families and community. This is accomplished through three primary strategies: out-of-school-time programs, teen employment and college and career access programs, and community and family organizing programs.
For at least 75% of the SSYP community, English is not their first language (interpretation services at meetings and trainings include Spanish, Arabic, Cape Verdean Creole, Somali, English). Sixty-five percent of their youth live in public housing; on average 20% of their youth are experiencing homelessness.
Truly an amazing organization, thank you to Ms. Merrill and Mr. Cavanagh for helping organize and accept this donation!
Haley House
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed another AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at Haley House in Boston, Massachusetts.
Haley House uses food with purpose and the power of community to break down barriers between people, empower individuals, and strengthen neighborhoods. We believe in radical solutions: solving problems at their root by challenging attitudes that perpetuate suffering and building alternative models.
They work with low-income people in the South End and Roxbury neighborhoods, with a focus on BIPOC youth and seniors, unhoused individuals, and people returning home from incarceration.
Thank you to Ms. Duffy for helping organize and accept this donation!
Rafael Hernández K-8 Dual Language School
Heartfelt Harmonies donated another AED, this time to the Rafael Hernández K-8 Dual Language School in Boston, Massachusetts!
The Friends of the Hernández (FOH) supports and advocates for the Rafael Hernández K-8 Dual Language School and the surrounding community. In collaboration with school staff, families and partners, FOH promotes quality dual language education, provides enriching After School programming, and increases access to the arts. We undertake these efforts motivated by our vision for a socially just and equitable education for our children and all children in Boston.
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (MUA)
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed a tenth AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (MUA) in Boston, Massachusetts.
Mujeres Unidas Avanzando (MUA) is grateful for the generous donation of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) for our program. We have participants ranging in ages 1-65, and pride ourselves on being a safe second home that provides education, job training, and social services. Although we hope to never need it, we are grateful to have potential life-saving equipment onsite in an emergency. ¡Muchísimas gracias!
Thank you to Ms. Malone for her help in organizing this donation!
Big Brother Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh
Heartfelt Harmonies is honored to donate our 9th AED to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh. BBBSGP’s main mission is to create and support one-to-one mentoring relationships that ignite the power and promise of youth.
For more than 57 years, BBBSPGH has served youth in the Pittsburgh region by creating a vast network of support and strong partnerships that help these youth thrive. We believe that children nurtured by a community of positive, caring adults can reach their fullest potential. These convictions are reflected in our mission.
BBBSPGH has continuously grown and adapted its programs to facilitate community improvements across the Greater Pittsburgh region. Since the beginning, the mission has always involved the time-tested and evidence-based process of intentionally pairing every child (“Little”) with a pre-screened and trained volunteer mentor (“Big”) to form a professionally supported relationship (“match”). Once matched, Bigs and Littles spend consistent time together, engage in positive interactions, explore new activities, and ultimately develop strong and enduring relationships.
Through their services, they serve upwards of 1,200 youth each year. At their offices, they offer match activities throughout each month; conduct match meetings with mentors, youth, and families; provide trainings for volunteers; and engage with applicants in an interview process. This means that hundreds of people of all ages walk through the doors of our offices every month—youth, parents, grandparents, etc. Because BBBSGP is growing significantly, they recently acquired a second office space in Washington County to better support youth and families residing in that area. As they shift to increasing in-person activities and interactions, the need for AEDs in our offices becomes more urgent. They need to ensure staff are prepared to act in any emergency situation considering the number of people who utilize our office spaces, which includes having the proper equipment should someone require an AED before emergency services arrive.
HomeFront
HomeFront’s mission is to end homelessness in Central New Jersey by harnessing the caring, resources, and expertise of the community. Their mission is to lessen the immediate pain of homelessness and empower families to become self-sufficient and help families break the cycle of poverty.
Started by volunteers providing meals for families living in welfare motels, HomeFront has since developed a holistic array of services for clients who are either homeless or at high risk of becoming. On any given night, they provide emergency shelter, transitional housing, and permanent service-enriched housing to over 475 people, two-thirds of them children! Some of their many services include case management, homelessness prevention services (including back rent & utility assistance), emergency food, free clothing, and household goods at our FreeStore, affordable housing searches, job placement, and readiness skills.
HomeFront has several buildings across the community. The donated by Heartfelt Harmonies AED will be located at their main Campus which includes a food pantry, homelessness prevention services, therapeutic art, and emergency assistance programs.
Anchor House
Heartfelt Harmonies is excited to announce that we have donated a total of four AEDs to Anchor House in Trenton, New Jersey, to support their new facilities. Accessibility to AED matter, as time is critical!
Anchor House provides shelter, school outreach, transitional and supportive housing, and street outreach to youth, ages 12 to 21 years of age, from Mercer County and throughout the state of New Jersey.
Today, Anchor House offers a myriad of comprehensive, life-saving programs and services to more than 1,000 youth and their families each year. Their mission is to provide a safe haven where abused, runaway, homeless and at-risk youth and their families are empowered to succeed and thrive.
We hope that these AEDs will protect those served by the amazing services at Anchor House in the case of an emergency!
Saint Peter’s Village
Heartfelt Harmonies Charity has donated another AED! The latest recipient was St.Peter’s Village, a beloved and respected organization in Denville, NJ providing a home living environment for young boys. As a state-funded facility, they operate under tight resources, and their current AED device was old and possibly not functional.
We hope that St. Peter’s will never have to use this AED but if an event occurs they will be prepared.
Oasis: A Haven for Women and Children
Heartfelt Harmonies has contributed another AED machine! This machine will be protecting lives at Oasis: A Haven for Women and Children in Paterson, New Jersey. They carry out educational and social service programs that help women enter and succeed in the workforce and help children flourish academically. They also operate a soup kitchen and provide emergency food, clothing, and social support to city residents in need.
I am so proud to say that our AED is protecting these wonderful people! Oasis is truly making a difference in lives every single day. Thank you to all Heartfelt Harmonies supporters who helped us raise the funds for this AED! Thank you to Mr. Jim Walsh of Oasis, who coordinated this donation!
The Boys and Girls Club of Newark
Heartfelt Harmonies has donated its first AED! I am so proud to announce that this device is now protecting The Boys and Girls Club of Newark! The Boys and Girls Clubs of America provide after school programs that help young people build skills, get support, and empower youth! This AED will be present at this facility in case of sudden cardiac arrest which is the leading cause of death among student athletes. Although I hope this never occurs, this device will be there to save a life.
Thank you to all of our donors who helped us raise funds to purchase this AED by purchasing sweatshirts, making donations, supporting my bake sale and other fundraisers! A special thank you to Ms. Arenas and Ms. Speights of Boys and Girls Club for helping to organize and accept this donation!
We are now starting fundraising and searching for our next donation location! Visit our website, heartfeltharmonies.com, to learn more, donate, or apply to receive an AED!
Heartfelt Harmonies founder Kiersten with some helpful after-school attendees!
Heartfelt Harmonies is fundraising to provide another AED!
If you would like to make a difference, please consider donating! Every donation, no matter what size, is appreciated! Thank you for helping us save lives!