Help us achieve our goal of raising $25,000 for the American Heart Association!
On February 3, our school will kick off their participation in a Jump Rope for Heart (JRFH) campaign to advocate heart health, fitness, eating right, getting proper sleep and staying hydrated as well as raising funds on behalf of the American Heart Association. This is a huge deal for our school because its a chance for us to do something for a great cause while the kids gain confidence in raising donations and teaching their families and friends about living a healthy lifestyle. We're a small school with very big results. This event is lead by our own gym teacher Janice Feeney. See below for some statistics as reported by Mrs. Feeney:
This will be our 9th year participating in JRFH. Our first year 2004-05 we raised $16,000. Our total donations through last year $200,000.
Last year we raised just over $20,000. We ranked 2nd in Monmouth County outof 44 schools, 5th in NJ out of 584 schools, 83rd in the Nation out of over 19,000 schools.
A key factor in raising funds is on line donations where students and parents make up a web page and send multiple e-mails to family and friends and matching gifts where parents work. Many parents also post it on their Facebook pages.
This year is the 35th anniversary of JRFH. Our goal for Allenwood School this year is $25,000.
Our kick off assembly will be Monday Feb. 3 at 2:30 for the entire student body. Fundraising officially starts then and continues through the month of February. Our big Jump Day is Friday Feb. 21 . All students will jump throughout the day and most donation envelopes will be turned in that day.
If you're interested in donating to Allenwood School's Jump Rope for Heart please contact Mrs. Feeney at jfeeney@wall.k12.nj.us or online: www.heart.org/jump and search for Allenwood Elementary.
