About

Welcome to the Men's Heart Support Association 

Mission Statement 

Mission

The mission of the Men’s Heart Association is to provide a safe and inviting venues for male survivors of cardiac issues to come together, tell their story and build resilience while building community.  The purpose is to help each other cope with challenges and to recover socially, mentally and emotionally.  This group is operated by the Men’s Heart Support Assn. (registered B.C. nonprofit society).  Each support meeting is facilitated by a volunteer leader and co-leader.  The goal of the organization is to be self-supporting and to promote honest, open sharing and the development of vital relationships for friendship and support 

Vision

Our vision is a network of self-supporting groups within a registered B.C. non-profit society that will support men with cardiac issues on a long-term ongoing basis.

Membership Criteria

The only criteria for membership in this group is that you must identify as a male, have experienced cardiac issues and have a desire to build community with other men. Final decisions on group membership are made by the Directors

Group Priorities

• The willingness to be vulnerable including self-disclosure of feelings, attitudes, difference and perceptions with the goal of building trust, inner strength and community.

• To facilitate diverse and beneficial relationships and encourage new learning

• To facilitate Interdependence that recognizes differences but realizes that each offer something that is beneficial.

Strategy

Our key strategy is open and honest communication:

• We will seek to affirm or encourage one another.

• We will be available to one another.

• We will seek to be open to each other.

• We will be honest with each other.

• We will seek to be sensitive to each other.

• We will keep confidences.

• We will be accountable to one another. 

Core Values:  

1. Brotherhood:  We resolve to become to each other what we want our society to become. We will seek to become a visible demonstration of resilience and community building.

2. Unity:  We will seek to become one in fellowship and purpose, while remaining many parts

3. Servant Leadership: We commit to and accept the mandate for servant leadership by rotation of facilitation and living out the values of brotherhood, unity and mission.