About the Foundation

The Barkann Family Healing Hearts Foundation is setting out to accomplish exactly what it’s name implies—to help heal the hearts of families across the Delaware Valley whose lives have been struck by a tragic experience.

While we recognize that we cannot provide a cure or change a horrific outcome, what we know we can do is provide support and help to ease the immediate financial burden that life’s disastrous events leave in their wake. Our financial support can allow a parent to skip work to stay at the hospital with their child, or a spouse who has lost their partner to stay home with their children to begin the healing process.

I was born and raised in this area. Michael and I met here, were married here, and after almost six wonderful years in Boston, were lucky enough to have the opportunity with the start of Comcast SportsNet (now NBC Sports Philadelphia), to come back here twenty eight years ago, to raise our family near our families.

During those years, we were involved with countless charities throughout the area, all of which are wonderful organizations, to this day. Those experiences developed in us a passion for helping those who are struggling and gave us an understanding of what it takes to do that.

Almost fifteen years ago, The Barkann Family Healing Hearts Foundation was created with the mission to become “first responders” to everyday families who are in desperate need of immediate financial help after their life has been touched by a tragedy.

Michael and I have been blessed with a wonderful family of our own, as well as amazing friends, many of whom we have called upon to sit on our board to help us with our mission.

Please join us with your family, as our families, help other families.

Thank you.

The Barkann Family
The Altschuler Family
The Coopersmith Family
The Fairworth Family
The Rosenberg Family
The Wallace Family
The Waters Family