Great things are happening!  Preventive heart screening has begun at Plant High School, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL and will continue through the end of this week!  Six other high schools will follow Plant’s lead in the following weeks.  They are:

T. R. Robinsons High School – Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL  ( April 5 – 9)

Steinbrenner High School – Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL  (April 19 – 20  April 22 -23)

Middleton High School – Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL  (April 26 – 30)

Braulio Alonso High School – Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL (May 3 -4 May 6 – 7)

King High School – Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL (May 17 – 18 – May 20 – 21)

Leto High School – Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL  (May 24 – 28)

If you have a child, or children, that attend any of the schools listed above, please register your child for this life-saving service.  It is free to the student, the parent and the school district.  Other high schools w ill be participating in the upcoming school calendar years so keep an eye open for the schedules so that you may have your child screened soon!  Don’t miss out on this life-saving opportunity!

We are extremely proud of the “SafeBeat Inititiative, our partner, All Children’s Specialty Physicians led by Dr. Dadlani, Medical Director of Pediatric Cardiology at All Children’t Hospital, St. Petersburg, FL, and the Hillsborough County School District for being the first to lead the nation in providing their students this life-saving service during the school day throughout their County, with a special thank you to Ms. Carol Kurdell and Ms. Gwenn Luney, who were instrumental in seeing the “SafeBeat Inititiative” become a reality in their School District for the safety of their students.  Also, another very special thank you to Tony Dungy, former head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Indianapolis Colts, who has first-hand experience witnessing a young man go down on the field (luckily saved) and hopes to never experience that again along with all of our other supporters for all of their hard work and efforts on our behalf and especially on behalf of the youth in America.  We all see the merits of preventive heart screening and, most importantly, we will save lives beginning  in Hillsborough County!

Because so much work is happening in the moment, I will leave you today by just sharing some of the wonderful moments that took place as we kicked off the “SafeBeat Initiative” in Hillsborough County, FL!

That Me! Proud and privileged to be sharing the same stage and sharing the same support for preventive heart screening of our youth!

Coach Dungy speaking of a personal story that he witnessed as a coach and why preventive heart screening is so important!

Left to Right: Coach Dungy, Dr. Gul Dadlani, Carol Kurdell & Myself

The Easiest Test Your Son/ Daughter Will Ever Take! The passing grade just may be their life saved!

Coach Dungy sharing more of his thoughts with the Press.

Left to Right: Bill Hogan - FL Director, Pete Grasso - Screening Operations, Michelle Shimberg - President of the PTA, Hillsborough County, Dr. Gul Dadlani - All Children's Hospital, Jayne Vining, David Vining, Carol Kurdell - Former Chairwoman of Hillsborough County School Board, Mr. Nelson - Principal of Plant High School, Tampa, FL