“One in 100 babies will be born with some kind of heart defect,” said Event Coordinator Lynn Ramsay, of Brielle, the mother of two-year old Joseph, who has survived heart surgery at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia to correct several heart defects. “The Big Hearts to Little Hearts walk is a way for local New Jersey shore families to pitch in and help raise funds to support cardiac centers that treat the area’s smallest heart patients. We are grateful so many walkers are making an effort to help the many concerned medical and research professionals who have helped us.”

More than 200 people walkers helped raise $40,000.