On Friday, March 14th, Tk through 8th grade students will be running their hearts out as their parents/grandparents tally laps and cheer them on during the 17th annual Gift of Life International Jog-a-Thon. Funds raised defray travel costs for Pediatric heart surgeons and surgical nurses who travel to 83 countries performing life-saving heart surgeries on children with congenital defects that are unable to be addressed within the local healthcare infrastructure of developing countries.
To date, ECDS students have provided funds that supported life-saving surgeries for 577 children.