AU collects, donates shoes to American Heart Association

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – The Augusta College Cardio Vascular ICU is gathering gently worn sneakers for a trigger, it’s one other fundraising effort for the American Coronary heart Affiliation.

The sneakers will probably be gathered and given to a non-profit referred to as Funds2org, it’s a corporation that collects sneakers for third-world nations, then writes a verify based mostly on what number of kilos of sneakers they accumulate.

That cash will then be given to the American Coronary heart Affiliation.

Leaders with the fundraiser say, they selected to do that fundraiser due to the work the American Coronary heart Affiliation does for analysis and training, about circumstances impacting the sufferers they look after each day.

Margreth Ergle, the nurse supervisor on the cardiovascular ICU, says, “Coronary heart illness is the main explanation for demise right here in the US. And as a cardiovascular ICU, we assist will we assist our sufferers we look after our sufferers to you already know, not simply to deal with their sickness or ailments however assist to forestall them from taking place.”

They are going to be gathering sneakers till March 24, the day earlier than the guts stroll.

There will probably be a drive-through shoe assortment on March 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Sage Creek Park in Graniteville.

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