American Heart Association's Kids Heart Challenge 2021

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 Peter Woodbury Elementary School is Getting Ready for 

Kids Heart Challenge!

Dear PWS Families,

It’s time for the American Heart Association’s Kids Heart Challenge™!

By participating in Kids Heart Challenge, your child will raise funds to help kids with special hearts and make all communities healthier.  They’ll also learn about taking care of their hearts and participate in cardio-pumping challenges. 

Start today to enjoy educational, fun online experiences and raise funds. Everything can be done easily online with our Kids Heart Challenge app or website. To learn more about this year’s program, please visit https://bit.ly/3awDiK4. Send emails, texts and post social media messages to collect donations online. This year, we will not be collecting cash and/or checks in school. We will only be able to collect donations online through the website or the mobile app. Tip: if you receive checks, use the app to scan them and have the amount immediately added to your child’s total.

Steps to get started:

  • Set up a personal fundraising page. Download our app or visit https://bit.ly/2YR4YnP to register.

  • Ask your child to select a personal health challenge:  move more, be kind or choose water.

  • Set a fundraising goal with your child and send emails to invite friends and family to support it. 

Our school is proud to help the American Heart Association as they are supporting our community in many ways during this pandemic.  In a normal year, heart disease is the leading cause of death in America, but now people who have had a stroke or live with heart disease make up more than 40% of those hospitalized for COVID-19.  The AHA has already funded $2.5 Million in fast-response grants to study COVID-19’s effects on heart disease patients, and launched a COVID-19 Data Registry within the Get with the Guidelines registry that is used by hundreds of hospitals nation-wide.  This has made it possible to learn from COVID patients quickly and improve treatments more rapidly.  The more that is discovered, the more research is needed.   

We understand that every family may not be able to donate, but all students will enjoy (and learn from) the weekly missions and have the opportunity to share about heart disease in families and our community.

Important information for our event:

Event Date(s): March 1, 2021 - April 1, 2021                

Donations Due: April 1, 2021

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Thank you for your continued support! 


Sincerely,  

Jessica Ferenc

Physical Education Teacher

ferencj@bedfordnhk12.net

(603) 622-0431  X24265