Interested in learning more about Harboring Hearts? Here is a brief overview of our work.

2. Facts
◼Heart disease is the leading cause of death for all men
and women in the U.S.
◼Cardiac surgery or treatment can cost anywhere from
$30,000 to $450,000 for a single procedure
◼In the United States, approximately 50% of all heart
patients and their families earn less than $50,000 a year
There is a shortage of affordable short-term housing in New York, yet heart
patients and their families face immediate need for such housing during a
period of immense emotional stress. Harboring Hearts believes that all
patients should have access to the highest quality care, regardless of their
financial situation. Facing heart disease is financially and emotionally
challenging, especially when traveling from far away to seek the best
medical care.

3. Our History
In 2008, Michelle Javian lost her father to heart disease. For two years
while she was by her father’s side at New York-Presbyterian Hospital,
Michelle witnessed firsthand the lack of refuge and community support
for heart patients and their families. Around the same time, Yuki Kotani’s
father was in the same hospital, under the same surgeon, awaiting a
heart transplant after years of battling heart disease.
Michelle approached Yuki with the idea to create a charity to help these
families and on April 10, 2009, the 1 year anniversary of Michelle’s father’s
passing, Harboring Hearts received notice of their official 501c3.

4. The Mission of Harboring Hearts
Our mission is to provide critical financial and
emotional assistance for heart patients and their
families.
Our goal is to provide a sense of community and
enable heart patients and families to maintain
financial and emotional stability, so they can
focus on health and healing.

5. Our Program
Emergency Fund
• We provide emergency financial assistance
in the form of temporary housing,
rent/utilities, transportation and food, for
families undergoing major cardiac surgery.
Community Events
• We hold 1 event each month in our partner
hospitals to provide joy and respite for heart
patients and their families.
Hope 4 Hearts
• We hold 1 celebration day each month to
recoginize a heart patient that is stable in
their recovery process post heart surgery.

6. New services in 2017
◼Healthy Food
◼Emotional Transition
◼Other?

7. Our Hospital Partners
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
◼Adult & Pediatric
Mount Sinai Hospital
◼Adult and Pediatric
Montefiore Medical Center
◼Pediatric
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
◼Pediatric
New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center
◼Adult

8. Board of Directors
Michelle Javian
Founder
Yuki Kotani
Co-Founder
Ryan Melkonian
Board Chair
Managing Partner and Founder,
Melkonian Capital Management, LLC.
Hope Geier Smith
President, Geier Foundation
Managing Director, Geier Investment Family Office
Sergio Lagunes
CIO
Miura Investments, Inc.
Sheila McCaffrey
Principal
Turas Coaching
Jessica Melore
Heart tranplant recipient, speaker, writer, public health advocate

9. How to get involved with Us
1) Speak with your Social Worker to see if you qualify for the
Harboring Hearts Emergency Fund
1) Join a Harboring Hearts Hospital Event in 2017
1) Apply for a Hope 4 Hearts Day with your social worker
1) Join our newsletter to stay up to date on programs in
2017
1) Follow us on Facebook and Twitter @HarboringHearts

10. Missy Shields Rahman
Executive Director
Harboring Hearts
866.958.2536
missy@harboringhearts.org
www.HarboringHearts.org