Friday, February 10, 2012

Hoops for Hearts Program

Starting Friday, January 27th and continuing through the month of February, Central Cambria Middle School sixth and seventh grade students will be participating in “Hoops for Heart.” “Hoops for Heart” is a program that teaches students about improving and maintaining heart health. During gym class, students will be playing games and learning skills to maintain a healthy body now and in the future. In addition to these lessons, students will be raising money that will be donated to the American Heart Association.

All sixth and seventh grade students will participate in the lessons and activities in gym class. Students who choose to participate in the voluntary fundraising are eligible for prizes from the American Heart Association. In addition to prizes, any student who participates will have his or her name entered into a drawing to play in the student verses faculty basketball game to be held in February. The student who raises the most money over all, one student from sixth grade and one student from seventh grade, will receive gift cards to Subway and Planet Ice. Students can raise money by using the envelope they received in class or they can register at www.heart.org/hoops. All donations must be turned in by Tuesday, February 14th.