The Heart Beats Children's Society of Calgary is a grass-roots registered charitable organization (Charitable registration number: 88907 6261 RR0001). We offer information, resources, emotional support and discreet financial support where other resources are unavailable.

As issues of significance to our community arise, we lobby to represent our interests. We organize a variety of family events throughout the year. The biggest event is the annual Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week, which runs through February 7-14 and kicks off with a mayoral proclamation and includes an annual family event which is open to all families coping with CHD.

The Western Canadian Children's Heart Network (WCCHN)
The Western Canadian Children's Heart Network (WCCHN) is a network of pediatric cardiac care providers from the four western provinces - British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. The Network's goals are to share clinical knowledge and expertise to improve care for children with heart disease, and to provide support for these children and their families. We also advocate for high quality pediatric cardiac care throughout the four western provinces.

The WCCHN links expertise between five pediatric cardiac care centres: BC Children's Hospital (Vancouver), Stollery Children's Hospital (Edmonton), Alberta Children's Hospital (Calgary), Royal University Hospital (Saskatoon), and Winnipeg Children's Hospital. Pediatric cardiac surgery is performed at two of our network's five centres - Stollery Children's Hospital in Edmonton and BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. Concentrating surgical expertise enables us to achieve the best results for our patients.