The Franklin Press
Family Fitness Edition
Jump Rope For Heart is Coming in February!
Help Your Child Save Lives and be a Heart Hero!
WHO: The entire third-grade class
HOW: Support your child in the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope For Heart program at Ben Franklin Elementary School
WHEN: Tuesday, February 14, 2016, 9:30 – 11:00 am during Physical Education
Rain/Snow date: Wednesday, February 15, 2016, 9:30 – 11:00
WHAT: A life-saving and educational community service program
WHY: Your child will help kids with special hearts and learn how to be heart healthy and exercise!
Dear Parent/Guardian,
This year our school is supporting the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope For Heart program!
When your child participates in Jump Rope For Heart he/she:
- Learns about the importance of the heart – how it works, and how to take care of it.
- Helps kids with special hearts: The American Heart Association’s online tool makes it easy for your child to set-up a web page and send emails to invite friends and family to support their fundraising efforts and to share life-saving information.
- Feels good for making a difference in people’s lives! Funds raised support American Heart Association research and education initiatives that save lives in our community. Congenital heart defects are the most common cause of infant death from birth defects. Many children are alive today because of treatments not available even 10 years ago. Funded research and advancements have changed and saved their lives!
We hope you are as excited as we are to support our students in this important experience! If you have any questions, please let me know. Let’s help our children be heart heroes!