On Monday, March 21, 2022, Antwerp Middle/High School hosted Hoops for Heart for the 27th time after a two-year pause due to Covid-19. Students raised $6,243.55, bringing their grand total for the American Heart Association to $90,752.37. Antwerp hosts this event every year in memory of Jason Reeb, an Antwerp graduate who died in 1995 from heart disease.
The AHA has invested more than $4.8 billion in research, making us the largest not-for-profit funding source for cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease research next to the federal government. AHA Mission is: To be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives.