Our Mended Hearts Program is intended to provide an organized activity that renders quality support and encouragement to heart patients and their families. This is done through visits from trained, accredited volunteers who are members of our local Mended Hearts chapter. They visit heart disease patients before or after their surgery to help answer questions and concerns, offer hope and encouragement, and share educational materials.
Anyone who is a former heart patient, or a family member of a former heart patient, may apply to be a Mended Hearts volunteer.
Our Programs
Volunteers in this program visit heart patients in our Ronnie Green Heart Center, a specialized recovery unit for patients who’ve undergone heart surgery, CCU or anywhere else a heart patient may be a patient.
Mended Hearts meetings are held at various times during the year at Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) and NGMC Braselton. Educational speakers for these meetings include cardiologists, Cardiac Rehab instructors, and nutritionists. Members offer hope and encouragement to each other by providing living proof that people with heart disease can lead full, productive lives. All of this helps the members learn to manage risk factors, adapt their lifestyles, and improve their longevity and quality of life.
Meetings for the 2025 calendar year will be held at:
NGMC Gainesville
Thursday, February 6th, 10:30 – 12:30 Lanier Learning Lab at Lanier Park, 675 White Sulphur Road, Gainesville
- Dr. Tim Scully, Cardiologist is the speaker
- Please RSVP to 770.219.1830 so that we have an accurate count for lunch.
Thursday, August 14th, 10:30 – 12:30 Lanier Learning Lab at Lanier Park, 675 White Sulphur Road, Gainesville
- Charles Hilton, Cardiac Rehab Supervisor is the speaker
- Please RSVP to 770.219.1830 so that we have an accurate count for lunch.
For more information on location and times, email volunteer@nghs.com or call 770-219-1830.
NGMC Braselton
Thursday, May 1st, 10:30 – 12:30 Education Room 1, 1400 River Place Dr, Braselton, GA
- Please RSVP to 770.848.1830 so that we have an accurate count for lunch.
Thursday, November 13th, 10:30 – 12:30 Education Room 1, 1400 River Place Dr, Braselton, GA
- Please RSVP to 770.848.1830 so that we have an accurate count for lunch.
Become a Mended Hearts Volunteer
Mended Hearts volunteers are vital to the recovery process for cardiac patients, and the experience of supporting patients and their families is life-enriching. To become a Mended Hearts volunteer, you must first become an NGHS Auxiliary volunteer. Please complete our volunteer application. After we receive it, our staff will reach out to walk you through the next steps including joining the Mended Hearts Chapter 302.