Join us for Daphne Day!

Saturday, October 25th 2-4pm

Come celebrate one year of Daphne Jean Filkins and her bright light. Come socialize and connect with others who love Daphne at a birthday celebration that furthers the work of Daphne's Brave Heart. You can visit her at her resting place and leave a birthday note, as well as plant a flower in her memory.

With the help of First Serve, this event will offer opportunities to contribute to an exciting partnership with Akron Children's Hospital called Ducky's Room - a space for families like Daphne's where they can experience surgery day in a private and comfortable space.

This comes as Akron Children’s opens a brand new cardiac care unit within the hospital. For Daphne’s first birthday, we are putting all our focus on getting this room up and running. This room will serve as an exciting and ongoing way to keep Daphne’s light alive. You can have a direct help in our work at this event by:

  • Creating care bags for the families of Ducky's Room (We have a goal of making 91 bags for her 91 days of life)

  • Sponsor a bag so we can continue to care for CHD families into the future

  • Sponsor items in Ducky's Room: furniture, coffee machines, board games, and more

  • Create art that will be included in Ducky's Room

  • Donate to research projects connected to Akron Children's related to Daphne's incredibly unique CHD

  • Donate directly to the evolving work of Daphne's Brave Heart

We cannot wait to see you there and to continue to celebrate the joyful light that Daphne was and continues to be.
- Connor & Kassi Filkins, Daphne's Parents