{"id":471,"date":"2013-07-08T13:41:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T13:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dimarcogroup.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2021-02-28T04:51:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-28T04:51:15","slug":"heart-to-heart-benefit-dinner-to-raise-money-for-medical-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dimarcogroup.com\/heart-to-heart-benefit-dinner-to-raise-money-for-medical-missions\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Heart to Heart\u2019 Benefit Dinner to Raise Money for Medical Missions"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u2014CardioStart International Founder Will Attend as Special Guest\u2014<\/p>\n
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (July 8, 2013) \u2014 <\/b>On Saturday, July 20, Dr. Aubyn Marath, president and founder of CardioStart International, will be the guest of honor at the Heart to Heart fundraiser, benefitting CardioStart. The event will be held at 6 p.m. at the Double Tree Hotel, 1111 Jefferson Road. It is open to the public and tickets can be purchased by contacting Holly Sackett at 585-770-3119.<\/p>\n
The event is underwritten by The DiMarco Group, allowing 100 percent of ticket proceeds to go to CardioStart International.<\/p>\n
CardioStart International is a nonprofit organization that hosts humanitarian missions to provide free heart surgery and medical services to children and adults in developing countries. Medical personnel who volunteer with CardioStart travel to the countries to teach native doctors and nurses advanced cardiac care, improving outcomes and saving lives.<\/p>\n
In the past 25 years, Dr. Marath and CardioStart International have visited 25 countries and conducted 57 missions performing cardiac surgery and intervention. Penfield resident and BayTowne Plaza business owner, Holly Sacket, will participate as a volunteer on a mission to Vietnam this November.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am honored to join all of the other medical and nonmedical volunteers on this mission,\u201d explains Sackett. \u201cWe all will pay for our own travel, use our own vacation time, and leave our families behind to go on this two-week mission trip in an effort to make a difference in the lives of the people who will benefit from CardioStart\u2019s efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n
Money raised from the Heart to Heart fundraiser will support missions for patients in Ghana, Peru, Uganda and Vietnam.<\/p>\n