Dear Friends,

This is the third year I am coordinating the Stride for Health Walk in my role as Director of Special Events for Hallmark Health System.  Over the past two years, we have raised $200,000 for cardiac and endovascular services.  I am very excited about how we plan to use the proceeds this year and in years to come.  Funds raised from the Stride for Health will train high school students in five communities bystander CPR and choke-saving skills.  The students will then take the kit provided and train three family members.  This is an incredible goal that will have lasting life-saving effects for years to come.  

Ninety-four per cent of all heart attack victims die before arriving at the Emergency Room.  Bystander CPR doubles and sometimes triples survival rates.  Heart attack is the number one cause of death in the United States.  If more people were trained in bystander CPR that horrible statistic could be reversed. 

I hope that you will pledge me again this year.  Someday, you or someone you love might need the assistance of a good samaritan to save your life. By donating to the Stride for Health, the chances of having that good samaritan trained to help will increase and improve the chances of survival!

Thanks, Sherry