Kamloops This Week
The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Jump Rope for Heart Campaign ends this week, with more than 40 schools in the Thompson-Nicola-Shuswap-Cariboo having taken part in the program.
Collectively, students in the schools raised more than $140,000 for research, awareness and advocacy campaigns for those affected by heart disease and stroke.
The No. 1 fundraising student in the district was Cheyenne Stacey of Haldane Elementary in Chase, who raised $1,876.
The top fundraising school in the Kamloops-Thompson school district was McGowan Elementary, where the students raised $9,269.
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