From Megan, fellow runner

Dear Friends and Family,

Last May, I had the opportunity to visit Haiti post-earthquake. The devastation of the country and people that I’ve grown to love was difficult to swallow, and even harder to stomach. Fortunately, Haitians are strong and resilient and have not been forgotten! I was so lucky to get to meet the people of Heartline Ministries, who seek to meet the physical and spiritual needs of the most marginalized individuals. While there, I got the experience of a lifetime, to be part of my very first birth. Ahh!  The midwives, Beth and Joanna, were amazing! They are unbelievably loving, caring, and self-sacrificing women, giving prenatal care, post-partum care, and clean, healthy birth experiences to Haitian women. Here in the U.S. those things are expected, but in Haiti they are an extreme luxury and act of love. Heartline is fully equipped to help women with natural birth, but what happens when a woman needs a C-section? Are they supposed to take them to the free hospital that is dirty, with blood and fluids on the floor, dirty stretchers, rude doctors and nurses, and just hope for the best? Is that what you would want for your wife, daughter, sister, or best friend?

Here’s where we can help: It costs roughly $1,000 for a woman to have a C-Section at a good hospital. On Sunday, October 24, I am running the L.A. Rock ‘N Roll Half Marathon in honor of Heartline and these women who deserve the same quality medical care as we do.

Please consider donating to provide Heartline with the money needed to give the best care possible. All donations are tax-deductible.

You may donate by clicking on the “Chip In!” on our running blog http://running4heartlinec-sections.blogspot.com/

Or send a check made out to: Heartline Ministries
Megan Blaze
270 Ohio St. #10
Pasadena, CA 91106


Thanks in advance for your love and support!

Megan Blaze