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Heart Screenings 5ave Lives

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My Story

Mom liked me in the color red...can you tell?

Sudden Cardiac Arrest took my life while I  was taking a nap on the afternoon of July 5, 2018. I  was one week shy of my  18th birthday. I was looking forward to my senior year at John Glenn High School where I  was an honor student, a standout on the basketball team, and in the Startup Moxie Entrepreneur's program. I  studied hard, trained hard, played hard and napped just as hard. I was a son, brother, grandson, nephew, and a friend to everyone.  I  didn’t  just talk  to  people,  I  invested  in  people  and  in  the  relationships  I  forged.  Had  I  survived  SCA,  I’d  be  running  the  ZMF  and  providing  heart  screenings.  Because  God  had  other  plans,  my  parents  along  with  some  of  the  people  I  loved  most  in  life  do  a  kick ass  job  saving  other  teens.  I’m  super  proud.


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Jillian, me and Matthew

My Sibs, Mom and Dad

About me: ”I try to challenge myself in many aspects. I am independent and I strive hard to achieve my goals in life.” - Zac Mago


My  sibs:  Jillian is the big sis no brother wants  until she became cool like me. It took me awhile to get her there but I had goals!  The  things  we  did  and  the  places  we  shopped.  She  did  teach  me  the  art  of  bargain  shopping,  moms  money  spends  best  and  how  to  keep  quiet  about  things  mom  and  dad  didn’t  need  to  know. At first, Matthew was just my annoying little brother, then the day came that he was my little bro. He  was  the  best  little  bro.  I  learned  a  thing  or  two  from  him  that  no  text  book  would  have  taught either  of  us.  I’m the glue that binds the three of us together. Without my physical presence, their relationship is a work in process.   


My mom and dad are the greatest. I learned from each of them. Being humble, kind and treating others as you wish to be treated was how they raised me and my sibs. 


Not to brag, but I was the child with the most potential. This all came about on a vacation and flying Southwest Airlines. The flight attended said "attach your oxygen mask first and then your child with the most potential and work your way down!" I quickly said, "whelp, that's me!" My siblings were happy to let me put the pressure on myself to be the best.


My dad was my practice partner on the court and off the court we had a close relationship. He had a saying that became coined over and over..."I didn't drive all the way and pay all this money to watch you suck!" He loved to watch me play and spent hours of time helping me get to each new level of play. My entire family loved watching me play. They endeared what would have been my senior year with grace and dignity. 


My mom owns the company that I was going to take over after college. I spent my summers and school breaks working to learn every aspect of the business. She had complete faith in me and I knew it. I also had an extremely close relationship with mom.

Our Mission

Founded to honor me, my foundation, The Zac Mago Foundation, is a non-profit organization working toward  bringing awareness, education and prevention to conditions that cause Sudden Cardiac Arrest in teens like me. 

 

I had a heart screening in 2014, 4 years before I died. Had my parents known to screen me again, I'd probably had one every 6 months because, well, my mom is just that way. 


Prevention is possible...through heart screenings.


A stethoscope found what they thought was a heart murmur, one time. I had countless physicals, well checks and care for ankle injuries after my heart screening and it never found any other reason to be concerned. If it was sufficient, my story might be  different.

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2023 keeping the beat dinner & silent auction

Thank you to the participators, donators, and volunteers who made our 2023 Dinner & Silent Auction a complete success! Zac Mago Foundation continues to 5ave lives through your generosity.