Vision: That every child born with heart disease have access to appropriate care, and that children's heart disease be corrected through education & research. Our vision is that every child born with heart disease have access to appropriate medical, surgical & THE MISSION OF THE CARDIAC KIDS FOUNDATION IS TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN WITH HEART DISEASE. SUPPORT IS PROVIDED IN THE FORM OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE FAMILIES WHO CANNOT AFFORD PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS AND RELATED TRAVEL EXPENSES FOR THE FAMILIES OF HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN. A PORTION OF OUR ASSISTANCE GOES BEYOND FINANCIAL AND INVOLVES ACTUAL SURGERIES, TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED TO COMMUNITIES WHO OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE THIS AVAILABLE TO THEM. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR YEARLY JAMAICAN MISSION TRIP, HEADED UP BY DR. JEFFREY JACOBS AND HIS TEAM IS CURRENTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING COUNTLESS LIVES THROUGH HIS EFFORTS. THE LARRY KING CARDIAC FOUNDATION HAS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF THESE ANNUAL TRIPS.