Gift of Life Walk/Run 2015

Our favorite event is less than a month away! Team Zoe’s Heart is up and running. If you’re local and want to walk & run with us on August 8th, you can join the team here:  Zoe’s Heart  team homepage. You can also make donations to the team from that link.

Our team is significantly smaller this year from the get-go. 1/3 of the team is moving to Alaska in a few short weeks and another 1/3 of the team will be in California.  It’s an amazing event and if you’ve never been, I highly suggest you join us. I have been informed that Radio Disney won’t be there this year but that the staff formed their own little group and they will be there instead.  Radio Disney or no, it will still be an amazing event.

I’m proud to say that my son, Zoe’s brother, will be walk/running the 5k for the first time.

I’m crossing my fingers for better weather. Last year we opted out of our team picture (for the first time ever) because it was so rainy & cold & just generally miserable. Here’s hoping for sunny skies and a nice mild temperature!
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Published by Chrissy Snider

Zoe’s Heart began the day our world changed. My daughter, Zoe, received a heart transplant at just six years old. Six. In the span of childhood milestones and bedtime stories, we learned words like “transplant,” “rejection,” “ICU,” and “donor family.” We learned what it means to wait. To hope. To live in the in-between. This blog is our way of sharing the journey — the beautiful, the terrifying, the exhausting, and the miraculous. Zoe’s Heart exists for two reasons: To keep our family and friends updated as we walk this road. And to advocate fiercely for organ donation — because someone else’s yes saved my daughter’s life. This space is raw. It’s honest. It doesn’t pretend the hard parts don’t exist. But it also refuses to ignore the hope. We believe in celebrating progress, honoring the gift of life, and speaking openly about what transplant families experience behind hospital doors. Zoe is living proof that generosity changes everything. Thank you for being here. Thank you for following her journey. And if you ever find yourself wondering whether organ donation matters — it does. It saved our girl. Welcome to Zoe’s Heart.