Check out our recent interview on CBS Pittsburgh Today Live here!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Rycker's Red Ribbon Awareness campaign
January 31st-February 28 - We are super excited about 2nd annual event that will span over the month of Febuaury which is Heart Month ( Congenital Heart Disease). We will be displaying red ribbons through the town of Ambridge,Neighboring towns and even Nationally mainly on posts,store fronts and trees. If you are National and do not have a tree you can put it where ever you like! Last year we were able to raise almost $1,500 from this fundraiser alone and were able to buy 4 brand new mamaroos along with 4 new covers (for their older ones) to the cardiac unit of UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. The company who makes them 4moms also donated 10 brand new mamaroos to give to recovering babies after discharge for home!
Our local businesses and media like Pittsburgh Today Live really stepped it up to spread the word!
If you would like to see the Heart Heroes we help you can read their stories in the Heart Heroes stories page
This event will be supported by donors like you for Mamaroos, as a part of the Rycker Roo Project, for our heart heroes in UPMC Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh. YOU can get your very own personal ribbons for a $10 donation Businesses for a $25 donation ! We can't tell how excited we are to see your ribbon in our local towns! If you go to our events page you can find out more
or click the donate button below afterward send us an email with your address for your ribbon!( [email protected] )
Our Mission
The Rycker’s Heart Heroes Project provides care,gives hope, and raises awareness to and for families affected by CHD (Congenital Heart Defects). We give hope to families who are in the hospital after heart surgery. We help families in Children’s Hospitals locally in the Greater Pittsburgh area and we will also help families nationally through our Heart Heroes Family Fund. Our most notable project is The Rycker Roo Project which you can read about here. We provide Mamaroos to Cardiac Units to help calm infants after open heart surgery or other cardiac procedures, we also provide Mamaroos to families after they leave the hospital through our Mamaroo borrowing program. All we ask is that the family donates the Mamaroo back to The Rycker Roo Project, so that another heart hero can have the same sense of calm. If you know a family that might need help during a hospital stay and/or recovery you can fill out our contact form here. The support we have had for the Project has been amazing and we are amazed by the outpouring of encouragement and to see how in such a short time we have already touched the lives of so many, is just beautiful to see! If you would like to help us make an impact, by helping,donating, or fundraising you can either go to the menu above, or scroll down to see some of the ways you can help to make an impact and be apart of The Rycker’s Heart Heroes!
READ MORE Rycker Roo project stories below
READ MORE Rycker Roo project stories below
