Denise Addis

I started cutting hearts for the Covid Hearts Project in September of 2022. I live in Saint Louis, MO and many people in the area didn’t believe Covid was real, even with our death rate being high. I offered to cut hearts because I liked the idea of contributing to a project that enabled people to truly understand the toll this virus was taking. Monica and her team have created amazing ways for the hearts to be displayed. Viewing 900 hearts displayed this way is more impactful than reading the number 900. My hope is this project will help people understand how much has been lost due to Covid-19, and to be a memorial to those who lost their lives.