Why I Am Not Donating To The American Heart Association VIA School Extortion

American Heart Association - Charity Reports - Give.org: "Year, State Incorporated: 1924, New York

Also Known As: American Stroke Association

Affiliates: 8 chapters

Stated Purpose: "to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke."

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Year, State Incorporated: 1924, New York

(The fact that they have not figured out since 1924 that the key to a healthy heart is healthy weight, good diet, exercise,-PREVENTION- tells me this charity is feeding on itself. Meanwhile, the world keeps eating worse and worse foods since then, and getting fatter, and taking more prescribed drugs. The drugs OFTEN damage the heart-all the time.  

In the seventies, people were told to eat grains and chemicals were added to everything to make food taste better ie. more addictive. 

Their focus is seemingly not on prevention but on invasion of the body. If it was on prevention they would lobby against the junk food corporations. The 'Jumprope for Heart' prizes that you can win-but you  probably won’t-are cheap, plastic crap which destroy our oceans and our environment during production. An unhealthy ecosystem is bad for the heart. Therefore I conclude this charity is hypocritical.

 ALWAYS QUESTION. Never just hand your money to someone who SAYS it will be used for good. Just because most people do something does not mean you should, too. Think for yourself and ALWAYS think critically. Going along with everyone else to not “make waves” is a bad habit and will ultimately hurt you, one way or another. You don’t have to argue every point out loud, just quietly do you own thing. Your own thing may be to disagree.

Most kids had not researched and knew nothing of the cause. They just knew there was a prize and the teachers were guilting everyone into participating. I am not against giving to charity or giving in general. I am against indiscriminate giving, uneducated, ignorant giving, and pressure put on kids to “fit in” which is called “peer pressure” and, maybe, “extortion.”

Our schools have a high incidence of asking you for money but never really letting you know where it’s going. Our money is too important to give it away to every company with a hand out. I would rather give to people, and as we generally, if not legally, agree, corporations are not people!

 If they get five or ten or twenty from every kid, that ads up to thousands, and across the nation maybe millions, or more, of dollars. We already know how to prevent heart disease. It was an independant scientist and doctor who discovered the medical establishment had been giving us BAD advice for the past hundred years. Why didn’t the American Heart Association realize that? They couldn’t have done those studies themselves? What are they doing with that money? 

They AMA spends 34 percent of it's income on administrative and fundraising activities. Apparently a good portion of THAT goes into producing, probably in China, plastic garbage to give out as "prizes" to kids that they've shmoozed into doing THEIR job, for nothing more than MAYBE a prize or maybe just a sticker. Seriously? Who is this helping? And isn't it hurting even more due to environmental concerns?

The LAST charity "event" I attended at the school had the kids running around the playground in a circle to tunes played by fast food restaurants-ie. ads which were reformulated as "songs." This tells me the school is not serious about "heart health," or ANY kind of health.

This is the page for teachers (with my observations):

http://www.jumpropeforheart.ca/Teachers-Register.asp

 You can make a difference

Through skipping and fundraising for the Heart and Stroke Foundation, Jump Rope for Heart teaches children the importance of healthy living and social responsibility. By running a Jump Rope for Heart event at your school, you will:

Inspire kids to get physically active, eat well and be heart-healthy

(this isn't happening in our school. Every child I see is eating chips and cookies, as much as they possible can. And most drink soda.)

Teach them the importance of helping others and giving back to the community (Seemingly without questioning the validity of the cause.)

Raise vital funds for heart disease, stroke research and health education (We know how to prevent heart problems. We don't seem to be enforcing prevention.)

Earn HeartSmart™ Points* that your school can redeem for valuable school resources (Such as?)

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Also Known As: American Stroke Association

Affiliates: 8 chapters

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