Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation

Who We Are

Rooted in empathy and compassion, the Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation offers comfort and strength to heart families everywhere. 

Through personalized financial and emotional support, we help families be a steady healing and loving presence for their child with a congenital heart defect. By taking care of rent, mortgage, utilities or other issues weighing on families, we ease some of their stress and free them to be fully present with their child.  

As a small "boutique" organization, we bring a warm, personal approach to every family we help. We go beyond just sending a check or paying a bill. Our mission also includes providing emotional support. Because we've been there and understand the difficult journey families endure.

About

Mighty Oakes Heart Foundation is founded with heart. 

Four months before Oakes Ortyl was born, his parents, Becky and Greg, learned their baby boy had a congenital heart defect called truncus arteriosus, a defect in which the heart develops without a pulmonary artery. Instead, a large "trunk" artery exists taking blood from the heart to the lungs. Oakes also had a hole between the right and left ventricles of the heart.

…Oakes was able to spend just 18 days at home during his lifetime and passed away peacefully at 15 months old. But he taught us that strength comes in small packages. He taught us that love and hope are the best medicine and that every day is precious. He taught us to love and take care of each other. And he taught us to always BE MIGHTY! Read the full story on the website.

“Offering mighty love, support and strength to heart families.”