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Save a Child’s Heart US is a 501 c 3 organization and US donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.

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PO Box 59172 Potomac, MD 20859-9172 T 240.223.3940 F 301.576.3831 info@saveachildsheartus.org

We first met Julius in 2011. Due to his heart condition, he couldn't run or play and although when our doctors first met him they weren't sure that it would be possible to save his life, they took on the challenge. Julius stole our hearts as the main character of the documentary 'A Heartbeat Away,' which followed his remarkable journey from Tanzania to Israel. After his successful surgery, we stayed in touch with Julius and watched him grow. Today, he is 15. He has just finished his Grade 7 National Exam and received the 2020 award for disciplined student of the year at his school.

Julius arrived as a six-year-old boy to be screened during a Save a Child's Heart medical mission to Tanzania in 2011. Together with Dr. Antke Zuchner, a pediatric cardiologist from Germany who became familiar with the work of Save a Child’s Heart while practicing in Bethlehem and had since begun working at the Bugando Medical Center in Mwanza, Tanzania, the medical team identified Julius’ condition as critical but debated his chances of survival with surgical intervention.

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David Litwack
Executive Director
litwack@saveachildsheartus.org

Marla Landis
West Coast Regional Director
mlandis@saveachildsheartus.org

Brianna Fowler
Assistant Director of Development
brianna@saveachildsheartus.org

Nancy Pardo

West Coast
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pardo@saveachildsheartus.org

Yaniv Hoffman
East Coast
Young Leadership Director
yaniv@saveachildsheartus.org

Anita Greenwald
Office Manager
greenwald@saveachildsheartus.org

US Honorary Board
David Avital
Mayim Bialik
Duff Goldman
Amb. Daniel Kurtzer
Howard Leiter
Aaron David Miller
Amb. Thomas Pickering
Josh Rolnick
Amb. Edward Walker
Elie Wiesel, z”l
Hon. Dov Zakheim

US Governing Board
Jeff Hoffman, Co-President
Judy Shore, Co-President
Barry Perlis, Past President
Vivian Bass, Vice President
Erica Kane, Treasurer
Marc Feinberg, Secretary
Amb. Frances Cook
Simon Elias
Ben Feder
Philip Goldman
Lesley Israel
Yan Katsnelson
Carmi Kobren
Joseph Lucosky
Jennifer Margolius Fisher
Laura OzerOri Reiss
Brad Rosen
Margy Rosenbluth
Peter Wells

9500+

Children Examined

8000+

Children Saved

150+

Medical Trainees

74+

Countries

140+

Missions

9500+

Children Examined

8000+

Children Saved

150+

Medical Trainees

74+

Countries

140+

Missions

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