{"id":324,"date":"2026-04-22T13:17:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforevelynsheart\/?p=324"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:29:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:29:53","slug":"see-hearts-for-evelyn-featured-on-kimt-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cota.org\/cotaforevelynsheart\/2026\/04\/22\/see-hearts-for-evelyn-featured-on-kimt-3\/","title":{"rendered":"See &#8220;Hearts for Evelyn&#8221; featured on KIMT-3!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hearts for Evelyn: A 5-year-old girl waiting for a heart transplant\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7FMAweG1634?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We had the opportunity to sit down with our local news station KIMT-3 to share Evelyn\u2019s heart journey, talk about COTA and what Donate Life Month truly means to our family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our story was featured on the 6 PM news and is now available online on their website and on YouTube, you can find the link below! We would love for you to watch and keep rallying for Evelyn as she continues to wait for her gift of a donor heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kimt.com\/news\/hearts-for-evelyn-a-5-year-old-girl-waiting-for-a-heart-transplant\/article_e8aa3b7b-ef97-47e1-802c-683d760d9753.html\">Hearts for Evelyn: A 5-year-old girl waiting for a heart transplant<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes our partnership with COTA so great is that they will be with Evelyn throughout her lifetime. 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