How to be a Largest Heart?
Join us to raise awareness for the greatest threat our country has ever faced - overdose. 215,699 lives have been lost in the last 24 months alone. WE NEED TO DO MORE. Let's raise a spotlight on this epidemic putting more youths at risk than....actual war.
Overdose & Suicide take 429 Lives EVERYDAY*
*According to the CDC 429 lives are lost daily to suicide & overdose. We have a mental health crisis.
Our Two Part Focus
1. Largest Heart EMPOWERMENT: Raising awareness & prevention.
2. Palm Tree MINDSET: Equipping individuals and organizations with Powerful Resilience Strategies to SUCCESS.
Largest Heart Innovation
Creative Kindness! Our founder to help fund Largest Heart founded the world's first PPE kit, the Travel Safety Kit. Always innovating new ways to help serve and reach others, Largest Heart is proud to introduce Hippo Jones, a superhero whose powers are LOVE & KINDNESS.
Hippo Jones - The Legend of the Largest Heart and Hippo Jones and Seven Secrets of Happiness are children's books that are available on Amazon to help fund Largest Heart.
The books teach the values of resilience & being strong in the storms of life. Sharing how he overcame bullying to have happiness & peace.
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Peter is full of infectious energy, and genuine compassion, and conveys an empowering message that is relatable to a diverse audience. He teaches us all to be resilient in the storms of life and to bend not break, like the palm tree. His message of encouragement, and positivity, through resilience, will change your life!"
Why Largest Heart®
175 Daily Fentanyl Deaths
132 Daily Overdose Deaths
126 Daily Suicides
=450 PREVENTABLE LIVES LOST EVERYDAY in AMERICA!!!
Help us America. We are a 501c3 nonprofit organization, founded in 2018 because too many of us are dying, too soon.
Over 165K Lives LOST in 2022 including over 64,000 to fentanyl. These are ALL PREVENTABLE deaths. We're here to raise awareness and prevention, breakdown myths on addiction, recovery, and stereotypes which often times prevent education, understand and ultimately lives.
These are preventable deaths; WE NEED YOUR HELP. Thank YOU!
^https://www.nih.gov/ https://www.cdc.gov/
Too Many Children Orphaned
In 2022, addiction & overdose left more than 147K children in foster care. Through education, prevention & engagement we can turn this into a happy story!
3 Pillars of Largest Heart
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HOPE
Through community engagement & outreach we are breaking down stigmas, inspiring courage & belief, providing understanding, education, compassion & care.
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LOVE
Helping & supporting those left behind from addiction/depression/suicide. Through paid therapy, treatment, counseling & financial assistance.
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KNOWLEDGE
Founder, Peter T. Cook and Congresswoman Val Demings discussing the importance of education & awareness and how we curb the trend of preventable deaths.
Knowledge x Action = POWER
THANK YOU Largest Heart!
"Thanks to Largest Heart I've received a year worth of counseling after my father's suicide. I am honestly so grateful, and I want to give a huge thank you for everything! God bless you guys!" - Maria
Largest Heart has sponsored my 5-year-old son and I to receive therapy after my fiancé’s passing...we could not have afforded therapy without their help and will be forever grateful! We look forward to giving back to them in any way we can! Thank you Largest Heart! - Carolyn
Help is Available
SAMHSA (The US Substance and Mental Health Services Administration) offers 24-hour free and confidential information to get help and information you need.
SAMHSA National Helpline:
1-800-662-HELP (4357)
Available in English and Spanish
Website: https://www.samhsa.gov/about-us
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
1-800-273-HELP (8255)
Additional resources: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433) OR
TEXT TELEPHONE: 1-800-799-4889
1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255)
MILITARY & VETERANS: 1-800-273-TALK (PRESS OPTION #1)
SUICIDE HOTLINE SPANISH: 1-800-273-TALK (PRESS OPTION #2)
LGBT YOUTH: 1-866-4-U-TREVOR
NEED HELP NOW? CALL 911
* https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/data/index.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_casualties_of_war