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Cogenital Hearts Defect Awareness Week Kick Celebration!

Please join us on Thursday, Feb 7th ALL DAY LONG at Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream in West Hartford Center, as we kick off Congential Heart Defect riends will kick off Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week at Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream Shop, 5 ½ South Main Street in West Hartford, CT.  A percentage of all ice cream sales that day (11:30am-9:30pm) will be donated to the new Cardiovascular Care Center at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center.


Congenital heart defects are the #1 birth defect – and the leading cause of birth defect-related deaths worldwide. But awareness is low – and that’s taking a toll.


CHD Awareness Week is Feb. 7 – Feb. 14. This is an annual
awareness effort to help educate the public about
congenital heart defects. .

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