Real Families, Real Stories, Real Lives Impacted.
Hear directly from families who have been impacted!
Three families. Three stories. One Mission.
“I can’t change what happened to my daughter — but I can fight to protect yours.”
Shannon Landrum
“He was healthy. He was active. And then his heart stopped.”
Ashley Dwight
The Strive for Life Foundation exists to help protect children from undiagnosed heart conditions by expanding access to professional heart screenings, especially in high-need communities.
My HeartCheck provides the clinically based heart screening services for youth, including EKGs and echocardiograms with medical review by pediatric cardiologists.
Strive for Life Foundation raises charitable funds to help ensure that cost is not a barrier for families or communities in need.
The two organizations are separate and independently governed, with distinct roles:
My HeartCheck operates as a medical services provider.
Strive for Life Foundation determines how and where charitable funds are used to support screenings.
Charitable contributions to Strive for Life Foundation may be used to:
Provide financial assistance to qualifying families through an application-based aid program
Support fully funded heart screening events in high-need communities.
When Strive for Life Foundation supports screenings, it does so under a written service agreement at fair market value, just as it would with any qualified provider. This structure ensures transparency, accountability, and responsible stewardship of donor funds.
This approach allows us to:
Deliver high-quality medical screenings efficiently
Target charitable dollars to families and communities with the greatest need
Maintain clear accountability and separation between charitable fundraising and medical service delivery
Our focus is simple: helping more children receive life-saving heart screenings.
