There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that comes with sitting bedside in a hospital room, watching monitors instead of sleeping, holding your child’s hand through a fear most people will never understand.

CHD parents know this exhaustion intimately. The kind that isn’t fixed by a full night’s sleep, because there is no full night’s sleep — not when your child is in the ICU, not when you’re days into a hospital stay with no clear end date, not when every beep on that monitor jolts you awake even when you’re not asleep.

The Coffee Warriors Program was built for this exact moment.

It’s a simple idea: give CHD parents a coffee gift card so they can grab something warm, keep going, and feel — even briefly — like someone out there is taking care of them too.

This isn’t about the coffee itself. It’s about the message behind it: you are not invisible in this fight. Someone sees what it costs you to show up for your child, day after day, night after night. And we want to help you keep going.

Every donation to this campaign goes directly toward gift cards for CHD families currently navigating a hospital stay or recovery with their heart warrior. Families can apply once a month during these hard seasons — no lengthy process, no hoops to jump through. Just a small, real form of support when it matters most.

How Your Donation Helps:

• $5 — Buys one coffee for an exhausted parent bedside

• $15 — Covers several days of coffee during a hospital stay

• $25 — A full gift card for one CHD family

• $50 — Gift cards for two families this month

• $100 — Fuels five families through their hardest weeks

CHD is the most common birth defect, and thousands of families are living inside hospital walls right now — some for days, some for months. The parents in those rooms are running on fear, adrenaline, and whatever coffee they can get their hands on. This program exists so that at least one small thing gets easier for them.

Coffee Warriors Program — Fueling CHD Parents Through the Hardest Days

Because love runs on more than adrenaline. ☕💙