Front row, left, Diana Godoy, mom of first-place HeART Poster Contest Winner; Sophia Fonseca, from Ray Childers Elementary School. Back from left Sandra Hedrick, STEAM specials teacher, Ray Childers; Danette Bracket, VP & chief external affairs officer UNC Health Blue Ridge; Gary Paxson, president and CEO of UNC Health Blue Ridge; Sarah Demarest, American Heart Association development director, Catawba and Iredell; Lauren Huffman, principal Ray Childers Elementary School; Jennifer Mull, assistant principal Ray Childers Elementary School
Front row, left, Diana Godoy, mom of first-place HeART Poster Contest Winner; Sophia Fonseca, from Ray Childers Elementary School. Back from left Sandra Hedrick, STEAM specials teacher, Ray Childers; Danette Bracket, VP & chief external affairs officer UNC Health Blue Ridge; Gary Paxson, president and CEO of UNC Health Blue Ridge; Sarah Demarest, American Heart Association development director, Catawba and Iredell; Lauren Huffman, principal Ray Childers Elementary School; Jennifer Mull, assistant principal Ray Childers Elementary School
The assignment: create a poster showing what a healthy heart looks like.
These three Burke County Public Schools fourth graders didn’t just understand the assignment, they nailed it, earning top honors in the annual American Heart Association and UNC Health Blue Ridge Healthy HeART Art Contest.
Second place winner's artwork.Â
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First Place: Sophia Fonseca, Ray Childers Elementary School
Second Place: Journi D., W.A. Young Elementary School
Third Place: Sadie Goodson, Ray Childers Elementary School
Hospital and American Heart Association representatives surprised the winners at their schools with brand new bikes and helmets as prizes, an exciting and healthy reward.
Gary Paxson, president and CEO of UNC Health Blue Ridge, gives a celebratory fistbump to third-place winner Sadie Goodson.
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The winning posters are traditionally displayed at the Catawba Valley Heart Ball, scheduled for Feb. 7.
Congratulations to these talented students for putting creativity, heart health and hard work on display.
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