{"id":16,"date":"2022-08-30T16:17:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T16:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.djshope.com\/newsite\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-03-21T22:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T22:55:54","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.djshope.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"16\" class=\"elementor elementor-16\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b2aa4d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"7b2aa4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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DJ&#8217;s heart was damaged by a virus when he was an infant, and from the time he was 17 months old, he was dependent on a pacemaker to keep his heart pumping. DJ was a well-loved young man who tried to make a difference in the lives of others, always helping anyone who was in need. His gestures of kindness could be as simple as a smile, or as grand as raising money every year for his favorite hospital Rainbow Baby &amp; Children\u2019s &#8220;Radiothon&#8221; that he participated in starting.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif; font-size: medium;\">In January 2012, 17-year-old DJ passed away in his sleep from cardiomyopathy, also known as an enlarged heart. He took with him the hearts of many,but inspired those of us left behind to make a difference in the lives of others.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-afcf91f\" data-id=\"afcf91f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9268a9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9268a9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/www.djshope.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/kid1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1871\" alt=\"\" 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More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6f2f45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c6f2f45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32b6ea8 mobile-content elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"32b6ea8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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161.2318231998855 C 858.06,164.48 814.8,163.08 796.498914872109,158.43607362516335  Z\" class=\"strokewidth-m stroke-selected fill-soft\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0864a6b elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0864a6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet DJ<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab31a74 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab31a74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\nOn the Saturday prior to his death, DJ noticed an elderly woman standing in the checkout line in front of him at a Giant Eagle store. The woman didn&#8217;t have enough money to pay for her groceries and in a typical generous gesture he provided the lacking funds. &#8220;That&#8217;s just the way he was,&#8221; Merriman said. <\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<br><br>\nOur YouTube channel features videos about DJ&#8217;s Hope 4 Hearts and DJ.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-35a7788 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"35a7788\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-cda077d\" data-id=\"cda077d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fdfb969\" data-id=\"fdfb969\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86f4277 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"86f4277\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"top-deco\">\n<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"765.73 137.39 141.93999999999994 57.60000000000002\" width=\"109.93999999999994\" height=\"25.600000000000023\"><path d=\"M 796.498914872109,158.43607362516335  A 8 8 0 1 0 793.9195261394458 174.1666735965301 C 810.17,175.41 859.08,174.48 884.3248629609834,171.14692994728912  A 5 5 0 0 0 883.0246451992846 161.2318231998855 C 858.06,164.48 814.8,163.08 796.498914872109,158.43607362516335  Z\" class=\"strokewidth-m stroke-selected fill-soft\"\/><\/svg>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1b6306 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f1b6306\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What We Do<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82b9e01 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"82b9e01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p align=\"CENTER\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><i><b>We Provide Programs to Lessen the Harsdhips of Caring for Family Members<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f39e05 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f39e05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><i><b>DJ&#8217;s Hope<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0provides several programs that seek to alleviate the burdens of people undergoing hardships&#8230;.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e9b110 elementor-widget elementor-widget-menu-anchor\" data-id=\"2e9b110\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"menu-anchor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-menu-anchor\" id=\"give-back\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-747f028 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"747f028\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInUp&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"what-we-do\">\r\n<div class=\"w-layout-grid grid-13 inherited-styles-for-exported-element\">\r\n    <div data-w-id=\"618b3f80-8312-00e3-2ab2-7b567b9a78c9\" class=\"card-item-content white-background light-shadow\" style=\"opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"fas fa-hospital DJ's.\" style=\"color:blue; font-size:40px; margin-bottom:25px\"><\/div>\r\n    <h4 class=\"dark-text\">Children's Hospital backpack program<\/h4>\r\n    <div class=\"program-text\">DJ's Hope's backpacks are filled with items to help families when a child is admitted to a hospital.<\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div data-w-id=\"618b3f80-8312-00e3-2ab2-7b567b9a78c9\" class=\"card-item-content white-background light-shadow\" style=\"opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"fas fa-home\" style=\"color:red; font-size:40px; margin-bottom:25px\"><\/div>\r\n    <h4 class=\"dark-text\">  Home Preservation<\/h4>\r\n    <div class=\"program-text\">Offering help to the elderly, veterans and the disabled with tasks around their homes.<\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div data-w-id=\"618b3f80-8312-00e3-2ab2-7b567b9a78d7\" class=\"card-item-content white-background light-shadow\" style=\"opacity: 1;\">\r\n      <div class=\"fas fa-heart -wave\" style=\"color:blue; font-size:40px; margin-bottom:25px\"><\/div>\r\n   \r\n \r\n    <h4 class=\"dark-text\">Hopeful Hearts<\/h4>\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"program-text\">Provide food, housing assistance and even financial assistance if needed when people fall on hard times. <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <div data-w-id=\"618b3f80-8312-00e3-2ab2-7b567b9a78cf\" class=\"card-item-content white-background light-shadow\" style=\"opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"fas fa-football\" style=\"color:red; font-size:40px; margin-bottom:25px\"><\/div>\r\n    <h4 class=\"dark-text\">A Chance To Play Grant<\/h4>\r\n    <div class=\"program-text\">Help families who cannot afford sports equipment be able 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white-background light-shadow\" style=\"opacity: 1;\"><div class=\"fas fa-school\" style=\"color:blue; font-size:40px; margin-bottom:25px\"><\/div>\r\n    <h4 class=\"dark-text\">The DJ Merriman Scholarship<\/h4>\r\n    <div class=\"program-text\">Offering scholasrships to thosewith heart defects.<\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-013d52d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"013d52d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0bb86b elementor-section-full_width 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Mission is dedicated to carry on the enduring influence of DJ&#8217;s legacy by providing unwavering support and assistance to individuals facing various challenges, including families with sick children, our elderly friends, veterans, and those with disabilities. Our mission is rooted in lessening the burdens of those in need and fostering a community filled with healing, love, and happiness. Our Vision at DJ&#8217;s Hope is to see our non-profit organization thrive and grow in its mission to provide essential programs such as Home Preservation, The Children&#8217;s Hospital Backpack Program, and the Visit from a Friend initiative. We envision expanding our programs to reach a wider audience, engaging volunteers, supporters, and donors in our cause that enable us to make a lasting impact in the lives of those we serve. Through strategic growth and collaboration, we aim to uphold DJ&#8217;s legacy and values, and to create a lasting legacy of compassion, care, and empowerment that resonates with individuals, families and communities. Donate *DJ\u2019s Hope is proud that we give back 85% of all funds raised and has been a volunteer run nonprofit since 2012 Our Story &#8220;Always helping anyone in need&#8221; DJ&#8217;s Hope was founded in 2012 to honor the memory of its namesake, DJ Merriman. DJ&#8217;s heart was damaged by a virus when he was an infant, and from the time he was 17 months old, he was dependent on a pacemaker to keep his heart pumping. DJ was a well-loved young man who tried to make a difference in the lives of others, always helping anyone who was in need. His gestures of kindness could be as simple as a smile, or as grand as raising money every year for his favorite hospital Rainbow Baby &amp; Children\u2019s &#8220;Radiothon&#8221; that he participated in starting. In January 2012, 17-year-old DJ passed away in his sleep from cardiomyopathy, also known as an enlarged heart. He took with him the hearts of many,but inspired those of us left behind to make a difference in the lives of others. Learn More Meet DJ On the Saturday prior to his death, DJ noticed an elderly woman standing in the checkout line in front of him at a Giant Eagle store. The woman didn&#8217;t have enough money to pay for her groceries and in a typical generous gesture he provided the lacking funds. &#8220;That&#8217;s just the way he was,&#8221; Merriman said. Our YouTube channel features videos about DJ&#8217;s Hope 4 Hearts and DJ. Meet DJ Go to Youtube What We Do We Provide Programs to Lessen the Harsdhips of Caring for Family Members DJ&#8217;s Hope\u00a0provides several programs that seek to alleviate the burdens of people undergoing hardships&#8230;. Children&#8217;s Hospital backpack program DJ&#8217;s Hope&#8217;s backpacks are filled with items to help families when a child is admitted to a hospital. Home Preservation Offering help to the elderly, veterans and the disabled with tasks around their homes. Hopeful Hearts Provide food, housing assistance and even financial assistance if needed when people fall on hard times. A Chance To Play Grant Help families who cannot afford sports equipment be able to play. Children\u2019s Farewell Fund Assist families in the event of a lost child. Visit From A Friend Initiative Offering our temporay companionship to help combat loneliness, depression, and even anxiety from being alone. The DJ Merriman Scholarship Offering scholasrships to thosewith heart defects. 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