Membership
Membership of Heart Children NZ
Ordinary Members are defined as: Parents of children with a heart condition and heart children having attained the age of 18 years.
This means that any family with a heart child and any heart child over the age of 18 years will automatically become Ordinary Members of Heart Children NZ for life. The extent to which you decide to take advantage of this membership is of course a personal decision, however there are several benefits:
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Regular news updates via our Heartline magazine.
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Attendance at our Heart Camps at subsidised cost.
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Provision of a MedicAlert™ Bracelet free of charge.
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Opportunities to meet with other heart families via our Branch network.
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Attendance at our Conferences and Seminars.
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Membership of the Zipper Kidz Club™.
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Supply of a Coaguchek machine as required.
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The opportunity to vote on matters affecting the organisation.
To enable this service we will need to keep your personal records on file; please complete the FAMILY REGISTRATION FORM (PDF 27.10 KB) and return to National Office. If you have concerns about this please contact us heartchildren@heartchildren.org.nz. Please also use this form if you are already a member and wish to inform us of changes in your circumstances e.g. address, family members, email address etc.
If you do not qualify as an Ordinary Member you can be considered as an Associate Member of the organisation by completing the ASSOCIATE MEMBER FORM (PDF 72.60 KB) and returning to National Office.
If you wish, we will also supply some general information. Please do not hesitate to contact the National Office team as required on (09) 377 9950
A warm welcome to the Heart Children NZ family!