“It Takes Heart to be a Hero” was the theme for this year’s Jump Rope for Heart. 

Fuqua Lower School students recently held their annual event and raised $7,381.44 in support of lifesaving heart and stroke research. Jump Rope for Heart is a service-learning program sponsored by the American Heart Association. Its goals are to teach children the importance of developing healthy habits and that physical activity can be fun, all while raising funds to support a worthy cause. 

The event was held in the lower school gymnasium during students’ regularly scheduled P.E. class; all children in grades preschool through fifth grade participated this year.  This year’s top fundraiser was Wade Haney who raised $479. Overall the donations were increased nearly $800 from last year. For more information about the program, contact Dawn Schmidt, lower school physical education teacher, at schmidtdm@fuquaschool.com.