Jump Rope for Heart on WHUD 100.7FM

[Mr. Seipp]

From the Physical Education Department:
During February, Gayhead Elementary School conducts our annual Jump
Rope For Heart (JRFH) event. These events are held nationwide and
help students learn about the benefits of regular physical activity
and heart health while they raise funds to support vital research and
educational programs. All Gayhead Elementary students will be jumping
in their Physical Education class, whether they participate in
fundraising or not, to improve their heart health.

Gayhead Elementary School has been participating in JRFH since 1991,
when Norm Schofield, the Physical Education teacher decided it was a
worthy cause for the students to raise funds for research and
education. The event was a success and continued to grow each year.
Sadly, in the summer of 1994, Norm Schofield died of a heart attack,
Gayhead was devastated. The Gayhead community rallied together to
continue on with JRFH in Norm’s honor; dedicating the gymnasium to
him, commissioning a mural to be painted with Norm, a few students,
and a Jump Rope for Heart banner.

Although the current students (and many teachers) never knew Norm
Schofield, the passion and love that Norm had for Jump Rope for Heart
and the research and education that it provides those suffering from
heart disease lives on. Each "National Go Red Day" when we kick off
the Jump Rope for Heart fundraising effort and mention “the man in the
mural” the students at Gayhead rise to the occasion and continue to
amaze us with their immense level of fundraising. Over the past 21
years the Gayhead students have raised over $403,000 for the American
Heart Association. We, the Physical Education teachers, continue to
encourage the students to become "heart heros". Each year they raise
funds for the American Heart Association and become more aware of the
importance of maintaining a healthy heart.

WHUD 100.7 FM will be announcing our JRFH efforts on the Radio
starting Tuesday morning with Mike and Kacey between 5:30 AM-10 AM.

We hope you can use this "Good News."