What started as a regular discussion during health science class while learning CPR and emergency response techniques turned into a conversation focused on the lack of heart awareness.
Founded by Coppell High School Ninth Grade Campus students Srinika Arun, Tisya Wadhwa, Neevi Viju, and recruited officers Maanvi Chiliveru, Sloka Vinoth and Sruti Saravanan, Humming Hearts is a youth-led nonprofit organization dedicated to helping underprovided heart health patients.
Throughout the 2025-26 school year, the group has grown to 40 members.
Humming Hearts also partnered with Baylor Scott & White Health’s Faith in Action initiative to distribute cardiovascular care packages.
Wadhwa said the lessons from class helped the team recognize the lack of cardiovascular health in many communities.
After noticing the problem, the students took action. Through bake sales and fundraisers, the group raised more than $250 to support their project.
They used the money to create the cardio care packages for patients in need. The packages include oximeters, stress balls, compression socks, blood pressure logs and other medical equipment.The packages are distributed through Baylor Scott & White to heart health patients.
“We were surprised and grateful after being accepted into the hospital’s initiative,” Viju said.
Although the organization began small, it expanded quickly. “We originally thought we would be a slow growth community, but our visibility and consistency helped us gain members faster than expected,” Vinoth said.
They also partnered with HOSA to provide volunteer points for students who joined. This encouraged more students to participate in the nonprofit’s activities.
Managing the nonprofit while balancing school responsibilities has been difficult for the founders and officers.
“Time management became one of our biggest challenges because we have to balance classes, extracurricular activities and nonprofit work,” Arun said.
They also faced challenges because none of them had previous experience starting a nonprofit organization.
“We spent a lot of time researching how to successfully organize the program before going into anything major,” Arun said. Parent support also played an important role in the nonprofit’s successful efforts. “Us as parents contributed by driving them to meetings and packaging sessions”, Srinika’s mother, Suhasini Mahendrababu said.
The girls hope to continue expanding Humming Hearts into middle schools and eventually beyond Coppell on a national and maybe even global scale.
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