{"id":41853,"date":"2013-02-06T11:30:16","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=41853"},"modified":"2013-02-06T08:52:05","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T13:52:05","slug":"rome-indoor-walkrun-raises-20641","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=41853","title":{"rendered":"Rome Indoor Walk\/Run raises $20,641"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(Feb. 3, 2013 &#8211; Rome, NY)\u00a0Hundreds of people joined the American Heart Association to fight against America\u2019s No. 1 killer at the Rome Indoor Walk\/Run and Pre-Registration for America\u2019s Greatest Heart Run &amp; Walk. A total of 219 people took part in the event, raising $20,641 to fight heart disease and stroke. The event was held at Rome Free Academy and sponsored by Rome Memorial Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><b>Highlights of this year\u2019s event were<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The family of Red Cap survivor ambassador <b><i>Nathan Hurlbut <\/i><\/b>shared his story during the Opening Ceremony. Nathan is two years old. After having open heart surgery at just 6 months old to fix a hole in his heart, Nathan has recovered and is now an active toddler.<\/li>\n<li>The event offered different walk courses to attract different types of walkers; for the person that would like a leisurely walk, there was an indoor oval track and for the more avid walker\/runner there were challenging courses. Everything was held indoors and out of the cold.<\/li>\n<li>There were family-friendly activities for the children to enjoy, along with entertainment, at Sydney\u2019s Circle. Sydney was a Rome resident who passed away from heart disease and Sydney\u2019s Circle is a way to honor her memory with a fun-filled morning of activities.<\/li>\n<li>There were many vendors at the Expo for the community to visit. Blood pressure screenings were provided by the Red Cross. Rome Memorial Hospital offered heart-healthy living education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s Greatest Heart Run &amp; Walk Weekend\u2019s fundraising goal is <b>$1,143,000<\/b>.\u00a0 A minimum amount of $25 in pledges for participants 18 years and older is required at registration to participate in the Heart Run &amp; Walk.\u00a0 For more information on America\u2019s Greatest Heart Run &amp; Walk 2013, please contact the American Heart Association at 315.266.5403 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uticaheartrunwalk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.uticaheartrunwalk.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Feb. 3, 2013 &#8211; Rome, NY)\u00a0Hundreds of people joined the American Heart Association to fight against America\u2019s No. 1 killer at the Rome Indoor Walk\/Run and Pre-Registration for America\u2019s Greatest Heart Run &amp; Walk. A total of 219 people took part in the event, raising $20,641 to fight heart disease and stroke. The event was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41853\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}