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5 people are interested
Lend your Talents in Administration and Event Management in Helping Save Young Hearts!
ORGANIZATION: The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists
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5 people are interested
We are seeking volunteers who are enthusiastic about helping to safeguard young athletes and students' hearts! "The CHAD Foundation for Athletes and Artists" will be providing free Echocardiograms and EKGS for Curtis High School Athletes, honouring 16-year-old Miles Kirkland who died while football training. CHAD needs people who love to help make an event successful ...willing to help set up and breakdown (very minimal pieces), sign in students and sign them out after their screening, act as a runner to keep traffic flow going from station to station, or take height and weight measurements. It is an invigorating, fun event to help prevent Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes, and we try to keep it running smoothly and efficiently for both doctors and athletes. Your help is key in making this a successful event.
The founder also needs one physically adept Manhattan volunteer, male or female, to help load vehicle with event supplies (nothing too heavy) and unload after event. A car will take them from Manhattan to Staten Island and back. Please join us for an eventful day of safeguarding young hearts! Call Arista, with any questions, 917-334-1194, or email arista@chadfoundation.org, www.chadfoundation.org. Thank you for your interest!
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About The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists
Location:
PO Box 145, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10021, US
Mission Statement
The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists' mission is two-fold: First, to raise awareness of Sudden Cardiac Death in Young Athletes and Students through educational lectures, videos, and preventive "Cardiovascular Screenings to High Schools, Colleges, Athletic organizations, and the Disenfranchised," which also identify early cardio risk factors. Secondarily, our mission as artists is to create/produce/sponsor art - film, theatre, and books that celebrate American stories of all heritages and provide inspiring role models. Chad is dedicated to showing the inherent diversity of our country - the struggles, joys, and dreams of all Americans and providing a format for artists of all heritages to showcase their talents. "The Gifts of Heart and Art."
Description
On April 29, Chad was playing football in Van Nuys, CA, and collapsed suddenly and died with no history of heart disease. The Chad Foundation for Athletes and Artists was founded, to raise awareness of Sudden Cardiac Death and inspire youth to live as he did- anti-substance abuse and alcohol-free, "Healthy body/mind/ spirit." (Chad never smoked a cigarette or drank an alcoholic beverage his entire Life.)
The Gift of Heart and Art
The Chad Foundation provides preventive heart screenings that detect unknown heart anomalies and safeguard hearts. Chad has provided cardiovascular screening events in 5 states and abroad (Austria, screening 16 countries of athletes and Sweden, screening 26 countries of athletes participating in the "Homeless Streetsoccer World Cups") for a total of 9,250 persons screened. In NY, post 9-11, Chad provided 2,000 NYPD officers with complete cardiovascular screenings at The NY Police Academy. Columbia University football players also received free echocardiograms, ECGs, diabetes, cholesterol, BMI (obesity), and blood pressure screenings.
The Chad Players provided 9 Off-Broadway multi-cultural performances to challenge the mind and heal the spirit, including their production of "Days of Wine and Roses." The play was sponsored by "The Atlantic City Commission on Missing & Abused Children" as the community event of the year to show teens the deleterious effects substance abuse can have on the family.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Curtis High School105 Hamilton Ave.Staten Island, NY 10301
DATE POSTED
May 5, 2019
SKILLS
- Event Management
- Administrative Support
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- 2-5 hours