Every year, 40,000 babies are born with a congenital heart defect, or CHD. In a courthouse ceremony held the afternoon of February 2, the Williams County Commissioners and Bryan Mayor Carrie Schlade issued a joint proclamation officially declaring the week of February 7-14 as Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week throughout Williams County.
Pictured at the event were, front row: Annie Kunsman, Ohio ACHD (Adult Congenital Heart Defect) Coordinator and Co-Lead Coordinator of Northwest Ohio Amanda Harper, Bexley Pardee, Crystal Zehr holding recent heart transplant recipient Dean David Zehr Bair, and Norman Bair.
Second row: Bryson Hoover held by Bryan Mayor Carrie Schlade, Amanda Hoover, Williams County Commissioner Brian Davis, Liam Bowen and Bridgette Murphy.
Third row: Justin Hoover, Aleigha Hoover, Madelyn Hoover and Darlene Garrett. (PHOTO BY TIM KAYS, STAFF)