Heart Heroes
The Heart Heroes program was created to celebrate all the children who show us how to be true heroes through their struggles with congenital heart disease.
Our Heart Hero program is graciously funded by a Grant from the Nagel Foundation. Thank you Nagel Foundation for helping us these bring these Heart Heroes and their families together!
To learn more about the incredible families and the heart heroes that we serve – watch here!
“The Jayden DeLuca Foundation has made a huge impact on our family. Being able to meet and befriend others who have been on a similar journey with a Heart Hero is good for the soul! It makes us, and other families like ours, realize we’re not alone. The JDF celebrates my son, Landon, and other Heart Heroes for the incredible strength they have just for being them! It’s powerful.” – Lyndsay Tiller Soule, Heart Hero Mother
A BIG THANK YOU to the Nagel Foundation for sponsoring our Heart Hero program!!!
Heart Heroes on the Ice at the Idaho Steelheads!
March 2, 2024
Heart Heroes at Lowe Family Farmstead!
October 18, 2023
Heart Heroes at the Boise Hawks!
September 6, 2023
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Heart Heroes at Parma Motor Vu Drive In!
August 11, 2023
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Heart Hero Walk with the AHA!
May 20, 2023
Heart Heroes at Fast Lanes Go Karts!
March 15, 2023
Heart Heroes on the Ice at the Idaho Steelheads!
February 11, 2023
Heart Heroes at Lowe Family Farmstead!
October 20, 2022
Heart Heroes at Bogus Basin!
August 28, 2022
Heart Heroes on the Ice at the
Idaho Steelheads!
February 26, 2022
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Tubing with the JDF Heart Heroes Gateway Parks – Eagle, Idaho January 24, 2022
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A Little Spooky, A LOT of Fun!!
Heart Heroes at The Haunted World October 21, 2021
Heart Heroes on the BLUE!!!
Boise State Football – October 16, 2021
Whitewater Rafting with Heart Heroes – Cascade Raft & Kayak – August 14, 2021
Wild for Heart Heroes Event – Zoo Boise – June 13, 2021
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Heart Hero Family Photos – 2021
We were so happy to offer our Heart Hero Families a chance to update their family photos in 2021 — an incredible partnership with Hill Photography!!
Heart Hero Party Night at Lowe Family Farmstead
October 20, 2020
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Heart Hero Back To School Shopping Supply Experience
Fall 2020
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Heart Hero Party Night at Parma Motor-Vu Drive In
August 13, 2020
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Heart Hero Party Night at the
Idaho Steelheads
February 7, 2020
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Heart Hero Party Night at Growler’s Pizza Grill with Brush’d Painting Experience
January 29, 2020
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Heart Hero Party Night at
Lowe Family Farmstead
October 28, 2019
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Heart Hero Picnic in the Park
August 2019
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Heart Hero Party at the Hawk’s Game
June 2019
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Heart Hero Pizza and Bowling Party February 2019
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Heart Hero Event Photography
credited to:
Hill Photography
Kynli was born with a unique heart condition where she has a single ventricle and atrium and a hole in the septum. Throughout many years of close observation and monitoring, she has had three strategic open-heart surgeries at Oakland and Stanford Children’s Hospitals in California. Kynli’s first heart surgery was a Bidirectional Glenn procedure, the second was to repair her right pulmonary vein, and the third was the Fontan Procedure. She has had multiple cardiac catheterization procedures and echocardiograms by Dr. Womack locally. In addition to her cardiac concerns, she also has Heterotaxy Syndrome, meaning that her internal anatomy is arranged differently. Her stomach sits
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