Raven Stream raises $18,198 to fight heart disease
The top five fundraisers for Raven Stream Elementary School’s Kids Heart Challenge are from left to right, Nolan Jutz - 5th grade ($1,170), Oliver Hertzfeld - 3rd grade ($916), Sidney Anderson - 2nd grade ($560), William Kartak - 4th grade ($550), and Finley Toft - 1st grade ($525). (Photo courtesy of Jesse Bastyr)
The students at Raven Stream Elementary School had an amazing two weeks from Thursday, Feb, 10, to Thursday, Feb. 24, of raising money for the American Heart Association. Through the school’s participation in the Kids Heart Challenge program (formerly known as Jump Rope For Heart), the students raised $18,198.97.
This is the second consecutive year Raven Stream has set a school record for fundraising. Over the last five years, Raven Stream has raised nearly $70,000.
The money raised goes to the AHA, which helps fight heart disease and childhood obesity. One of the program’s main goals is for kids and adults to become hearthealthy. Whether the students choose to fundraise or not, they all hear the positive message of getting adequate exercise, eating fruits and vegetables, being prepared, being kind, being a leader, and living tobacco-free. Raven Stream had 158 students take the...
To see more on this story pick up the March 10, 2022 print edition of The New Prague Times.
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