An experienced executive in the health-care industry, Stephen Erixon is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Hospital Association. Promoting the importance of health in both his professional and personal life, Stephen Erixon also has served in a community board leadership position with the American Heart Association. During each school year, the American Heart Association promotes heart health in children by hosting the fundraising event Jump Rope for Heart.

1. THE JUMP ROPE FOR
HEART PROGRAM FROM
THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION
By Stephen Erixon

2. Introduction
 An experienced executive in the health-care
industry, Stephen Erixon is a member of the
American College of Healthcare Executives
and the American Hospital Association.
Promoting the importance of health in both his
professional and personal life, Stephen Erixon
also has served in a community board
leadership position with the American Heart
Association. During each school year, the
American Heart Association promotes heart
health in children by hosting the fundraising
event Jump Rope for Heart.

3. Jump Rope for Heart
 Jump Rope for Heart is administered within school
systems by physical education teachers, coaches,
and other instructors. The jump rope events can
be held during physical education classes, after
lunch, or before and after school. During the
program, educators pair jump-roping exercises
with a curriculum that teaches heart-healthy
lifestyle choices and hold a fundraiser that
sponsors children with heart illnesses.
At the organization’s website, www.heart.org,
teachers can find lesson plans and activities
spanning core school subjects that are designed
to teach students about heart health.