Jump Rope For Heart has strong educational value. The American Heart Association supports the program with instructional materials and curriculum tie-ins. Jump Rope For Heart helps students think about their own lives and promotes strong values. Students are proud when they realize that what they are doing can help save lives right in their own communities. It makes the event very meaningful to students, their families and the community.
Many schools require that students learn to help others and perform community service.
Few elementary programs do this as well as Jump Rope For Heart. We make sure to launch the program by inviting someone to speak who does medical research or uses it, such as a scientist or doctor. We also invite stroke survivors who can talk about how advances in heart disease and stroke research have helped them. People make donations for very personal reasons. They donate to Jump Rope For Heart for very different reasons than they have for buying candy to raise money for school activities.