Kid's Heart Challenge
Dear Parent/Guardian (grades 1-4),
It takes heart to be a hero! I’m thrilled that our school is participating in a very special community service program: the American Heart Association’s Kid's Heart Challenge.
By participating in the Kid's Heart Challenge, your child will join millions of other children across the country in a meaningful opportunity to learn and help others. They will learn how their hearts work and how to take care of them through physical activity and nutrition. And they will learn about children who have been affected by cardiovascular disease and how they can help them. In short, your child will have fun and feel good by helping others.
Help your child get involved! First go online at the website below and enter Lilja School to search for our School's page. Then help them with their learning and with their fundraising! The students will also be practicing new jump rope skills. Your child will also have the opportunity to raise money to help others who have cardiovascular disease, including kids! You can help by asking friends and family to give in support of your child’s efforts. The American Heart Association website makes it easy. Your child can set up a web page and you can e-mail friends/family to make secure donations. Visit heart.org/KHC to get started.
We are really excited about this year’s Kid's Heart Challenge event and the experience it offers our students. The children will be participating in jump rope activities during their physical education classes over the next two weeks to honor all their hard work. We hope you will support your child’s participation in this lifesaving, educational event. To learn more about the American Heart Association, Kid's Heart Challenge, how children are affected by heart disease and how to keep your own family healthy, visit heart.org/KHC
This year, all fundraising efforts should be performed on the American Heart Association's website. Our school will accept checks, but we highly prefer that families use the website for their donations. All thank you gifts will be distributed at the end of the program. Once the fundraising program ends, thank -you gifts usually takes about 6 weeks to arrive. Students will have through March 31st to raise money to help fight heart disease.
Let’s help our children be heart heroes!
Please submit your donations by March 31st if you are participating in this optional fund fundraising opportunity.
Sincerely,
Mr. DeMayo