Heart Niagara  receives  a one million dollars donation to support the Healthy Heart Schools'  Program  from Deb Allerton
TOGETHER.  SHAPING THE FUTURE OF NIAGARA KIDS.

Heart Niagara is both excited and gratified to announce
the donation of one million dollars by Deb Allerton to the Healthy Heart Schools' Program.  The donation is managed through the Niagara  Community Foundation with the establishment of a  named fund in honour of her parents.

Deb Allerton has named the fund for Heart Niagara as the John and Lillian Clark Fund. Doctor Lillian Clark was a loved and respected Paediatrician in the Niagara Region who supported Heart Niagara's concept of Primary Prevention of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), through early years intervention in schools, from its onset in Niagara in the mid-1980s. Doctor John Clark was a Niagara surgeon who was held in the highest regard by his patients and his peers and was a long time Heart Niagara volunteer.

Deb's ground-breaking gift provides an opportunity to honour the memory of two remarkable Canadians who played a central and pivotal role in the medical and social communities of the Niagara Region throughout the latter half of the 20th Century and whose influence has remained pertinent up to the present day.
The John and Lillian Clark Fund welcomes you to participate in the named fund for Heart Niagara through the Niagara Community
Foundation. The Fund recognizes donors of future bequests and planned gifts, as well as promotes philanthropy. You can choose to become an active participant in Heart Niagara's legacy of health and wellness of children. Members will be invited to an annual event and, if they wish,
be listed in the annual report. You will be part of a special group of individuals who are committed to improving the health and well-being of children with a thoughtful future gift. The amount and purpose of your gift is strictly confidential and will not be disclosed publicly.
Heart Niagara would be happy to discuss a gift  today or making a planned gift. A donation is  a simple but meaningful way to support the  care of children through Heart Niagara.

The Healthy Heart Schools' Program (HHSP) was first proposed  to the Committee of Regional Secondary School Principals, four
school boards in 1985 by Heart Niagara with the support of the  Niagara Regional Public Health and physical education teachers.  The first year of implementation was in 1987 as part of the Physical  Education curriculum of Grade 9 students. The 
program was  delivered by the physical education teacher and was  strengthened by lifestyle assessment delivered by the school  nurse and individual risk factor assessment of  cholesterol and  blood pressure by Heart Niagara staff. The program expanded  to all secondary schools (32) in the Niagara Region reaching  about 4,000 adolescents and their families annually.

F or more information call Karen Stearne at Heart Niagara 905-358-5552   email Karen  or