Indian Trail Students Raise Money For American Heart Association

FRANKFORT, IL — Indian Trail School students haved raised over $5,100 to support the American Heart Association's annual "Heart Hero" fundraiser. The school has been participating in this fundraiser for 15 years.

“Participating in the Kids Heart Challenge promotes health awareness and gives our students the opportunity to learn about the importance of physical activity and making healthy lifestyle choices while helping others,” Diane Dankovich, Indian Trail’s school nurse, said in a release.

To support the annual campaign, physical education teachers Fred Jacobi and Megan Shea challenged Indian Trail students to master new skills like the twister, wing ding and the popular fling.

“It is exciting to see our students’ progress from year to year, many of our student even use their recess time to practice the skills learned so they can advance to the next level,” Shea said in a release.

The school said the top five Heart Hero Ambassadors for 2019 were Caleb Adams, Corey Romines, Kyle Romines, Jake Nielson and Charlie Neilson. Each of these students raised over $300 to support the American Heart Association. Mrs. Rudofski's first grade class and Mrs. Jurasit's third grade were awarded the class participation movie and popcorn party.