Elementary Students Jump to Fight Heart Disease

Students at seven Lakewood elementary schools jumped at the chance to fight heart disease and stroke, our nation’s No. 1 and No. 3 killers. On February 6 at Lakewood High School in the East Gym students from Emerson, Grant, Harrison, Hayes, Horace Mann, Lincoln and Roosevelt held their 12th annual Jump Rope For Heart event. Students jumped rope to raise funds for the American Heart Association, which funds cardiovascular disease research and public and professional education programs. In the last 10 years, the Lakewood Schools have raised almost $100,000 for the American Heart Association. Jump Rope For Heart is co-sponsored by the American Heart Association and the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Joining the students to cheer them on were mascots Sully from Lake Erie Monsters hockey team, Stomper from Lake Erie Crushers baseball team.

The average heart beats 100,000 times each day. One of the best ways to take care of your heart is to make exercise a regular part of your everyday life. Jump Rope For Heart teaches students how exercise benefits the heart and shows students that volunteering can be fun and beneficial to the whole community. They learn how they can make a difference by providing important community service and having a great time at this fun-filled family evenMoney raised by the event will go to fund potentially lifesaving research and educational and community programs. Please help our students help others. When a student asks you to be a sponsor, support Jump Rope For Heart with whatever you can afford to give. If you would like to help more, call your nearest American Heart Association office at (local phone #) or call 1-800-AHA-USA1 (1-800-242-8721).