This is Day 9 of the Cause Day™ program. We are learning about Heart disease. Click on the different subjects and complete the activities and lessons.
Click on the different subjects and complete the activities and lessons.
  • If you want to support charities focused on Heart Disease and the people affected by this, make sure to wear the color Red on Cause Day™!
  • If you want to raise money for a charity that helps people with Heart disease click on the hand below to get connected with our online platform and put in the name of your school to get started!
    • Heart Disease
    Color for this Cause: Red
    Heart Disease Charities
    If you choose this cause, the funds you raise will be earmarked for the largest national Heart Disease related charity. However, YOU can choose a different charity for Heart Disease if you wish. Write the name of that charity on the space provided on your online student page when you register. If you want to know what kind of charities focus on this cause, please check our "frequently asked questions" section on the website: www.causefund.org/choose-a-cause. Your charity has to be listed on Guidestar or Charity Navigator in order to qualify as a charity you can choose for our program.

    Social Studies Activities

    Complete this Social Studies Activity
  • Read the Cause Day™ Round-table question on the index card. The question for today is: Research how much money your favorite charity raised last year?This number is called "revenue". Find the revenue for each of the 19 organizations that are listed in the Cause Day program as the largest national organizations for each cause. Find the revenue of these organizations: 1. The ALS Association 2. The Alzheimer’s Association 3. The Autism Society of America 4. The American Cancer Society 5. ALSAC-St. Jude Hospitals 6. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 7. JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation) 8. The American Diabetes Association 9. The American Heart Association 10. The American Heart Association (=also are largest for Stroke) 11. American Autoimmune Related Disease Association 12. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society 13. The CF Foundation 14. NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) 15. The Wounded Warrior Project 16. Habitat for Humanity 17. Feeding America 18. The National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse 19. Shriners Hospitals

    • PE Activity

    Complete the PE Activity
    This station is all about getting exercise.
    Activity: Have the kids each make a fist and explain to them that this is about the size of their heart. Have them put their hands on their chest to feel that their hearts are beating. At this station the kids can also jump rope. Have them jump for as long as they can and count the jumps to set their own record. For the younger kids, they can jump over noodles that lie on the floor. After either activity, students can put their hands on their hearts and feel how fast they are beating. You can explain that the heart is a muscle and that it has to work all the time, whether we are sleeping or jumping or working in school. Whether we are sick or healthy the heart can never stop, so it’s important to take good care of it.
    Awareness: Exercise makes your heart beat faster. That means you are helping your body stay healthy. To be your own heart’s best friend, there are three things you should remember: get exercise, eat healthy food, and never smoke.

    Art Activity

    Complete the Art Activities
  • Create a piece of art with any medium (that means you can use crayon, paint, pencil, newspaper, cereal or whatever you like! It can be a three-dimensional piece or a painting on a sheet. You can use anything you find around the house. The point is to create a piece of art using the color red or making it about the heart! It can be simple or it can be much more complex! Be creative, think outside the box!

    • Social Studies

    Please note that Cause Fund, Inc. does not have any contract or relationship with any of the charities listed and this list is strictly compiled to streamline the progress, and you can tell us which specific charity you want to earmark your donations for instead, by writing the name of the charity on your envelope or typing in the name when you register online.

    The largest national charities for each cause are:

    • ALS - The ALS Association
    • Alzheimer’s Disease - The Alzheimer’s Association
    • Autism –The Autism Society of America
    • Adult Cancer - The American Cancer Society
    • Childhood Cancers - ALSAC-St. Jude Hospitals
    • Leukemia and Lymphoma - The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
    • Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes - JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
    • Type 2 Diabetes - The American Diabetes Association
    • Heart Disease - The American Heart Association
    • Stroke - The American Heart Association
    • Autoimmune Diseases - American Autoimmune Related Disease Association
    • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    • Cystic Fibrosis - The CF Foundation
    • Mental Health - NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
    • Veterans - The Wounded Warrior Project
    • Homelessness - Habitat for Humanity
    • Hunger - Feeding America
    • Substance Abuse - The National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse
    • Other: - Shriners Hospitals

    Social Studies

    Please note that Cause Fund, Inc. does not have any contract or relationship with any of the charities listed and this list is strictly compiled to streamline the progress, and you can tell us which specific charity you want to earmark your donations for instead, by writing the name of the charity on your envelope or typing in the name when you register online.

    The largest national charities for each cause are:

    • ALS - The ALS Association
    • Alzheimer’s Disease - The Alzheimer’s Association
    • Autism –The Autism Society of America
    • Adult Cancer - The American Cancer Society
    • Childhood Cancers - ALSAC-St. Jude Hospitals
    • Leukemia and Lymphoma - The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
    • Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes - JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
    • Type 2 Diabetes - The American Diabetes Association
    • Heart Disease - The American Heart Association
    • Stroke - The American Heart Association
    • Autoimmune Diseases - American Autoimmune Related Disease Association
    • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    • Cystic Fibrosis - The CF Foundation
    • Mental Health - NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
    • Veterans - The Wounded Warrior Project
    • Homelessness - Habitat for Humanity
    • Hunger - Feeding America
    • Substance Abuse - The National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse
    • Other: - Shriners Hospitals

    Social Studies

    Please note that Cause Fund, Inc. does not have any contract or relationship with any of the charities listed and this list is strictly compiled to streamline the progress, and you can tell us which specific charity you want to earmark your donations for instead, by writing the name of the charity on your envelope or typing in the name when you register online.

    The largest national charities for each cause are:

    • ALS - The ALS Association
    • Alzheimer’s Disease - The Alzheimer’s Association
    • Autism –The Autism Society of America
    • Adult Cancer - The American Cancer Society
    • Childhood Cancers - ALSAC-St. Jude Hospitals
    • Leukemia and Lymphoma - The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
    • Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes - JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation)
    • Type 2 Diabetes - The American Diabetes Association
    • Heart Disease - The American Heart Association
    • Stroke - The American Heart Association
    • Autoimmune Diseases - American Autoimmune Related Disease Association
    • Multiple Sclerosis (MS) - The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
    • Cystic Fibrosis - The CF Foundation
    • Mental Health - NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
    • Veterans - The Wounded Warrior Project
    • Homelessness - Habitat for Humanity
    • Hunger - Feeding America
    • Substance Abuse - The National Center for Addiction & Substance Abuse
    • Other: - Shriners Hospitals