What is The Heartline Project?

Heartline is a youth-led national initiative dedicated to delivering monthly rotating wellness kits and brochures to underserved communities through food banks across the country.

The project was created to address the often-overlooked emotional toll of financial hardship, offering accessible, science-informed tools that support mental and emotional health.

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In the United States, food insecurity affects 47 million people—nearly 1 in 8 individuals (USDA, 2025).

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Over 70% of food-insecure households experience elevated anxiety, disrupted sleep, and an increased risk of depression and chronic illness.

These effects are not simply emotional; prolonged stress from uncertainty over obtaining enough food can alter biological processes, contributing to long-term health challenges such as diabetes, heart disease, and cognitive decline.

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Heartline exists to help counter these effects. Each month’s kit is built around a unique theme, such as rest, creativity, memory, or connection and contains practical, neuroscience-informed tools that foster emotional well-being, stress relief, and resilience.

Core Components

Health Resource Brochures

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Our health resource brochures are designed to provide clear, actionable support on social aspect of health that families can understand and apply immediately. Each brochure focuses on a key area of well-being and is crafted to be both visually engaging and easy to navigate, ensuring accessibility for people of all literacy levels and age groups.

Browse all featured Heartline brochures below by clicking on the title of your choice

Finding Calm in Everyday Chaos: Heartline’s Stress Relief Guide

Eating Well on a Budget: Heartline’s Balanced Meals Guide

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Rotating Kits

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Distributed monthly, these kits complement the monthly brochure and bring tangible, ready-to-use tools into homes, adapting seasonally and thematically to meet evolving needs.

Featured

Heartline Stress Wellness Kits

Heartline’s Stress Relief Kits are designed to bring moments of calm and care to households that need it most. Each kit includes simple tools such as mindfulness guides, sensory items, and calming activities, making stress relief accessible where health resources are hard to find

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Heartline’s vision extends far beyond a single community. We are building a network of regional leaders; volunteers and advocates who understand the unique needs of their local areas and serve as the bridge between Heartline and the communities we reach. These leaders will collaborate directly with food banks, community organizations, and schools to bring monthly kits and resources to more families, ensuring our work reflects local realities and voice

Expanding Through Regional Leaders and Partnerships

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Start a Heartline Chapter

Join a growing network of schools and communities committed to empathy, education, and action

Each Heartline Chapter turns compassion into motion, empowering students to explore biology and wellness, while helping communities access real tools for care

For students who want to link biology, leadership, and mental-wellness service at their respective schools.
What they do:
- Prep for USABO or biology competitions
- Host small Heartline pop-ups near campus
- Collaborate with outreach drives
For local volunteers and organizers who want to coordinate kit distributions and Heartline events.
What they do:
- Partner with food banks & social services
- Manage kit funding and logistics
- Host community Heartline events

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Partnerships are equally vital. By working with food banks, healthcare providers, nonprofits, and local businesses, we can scale our reach, diversify our offerings, and ensure long-term sustainability. Our expansion follows a clear trajectory:

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Heartline is more than a program, it is a steady, uplifting presence that families can look forward to each month, a tangible reminder that they are seen, valued, and supported.