SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - Time to register for next month's American Heart Association's Heart Walk at Falls Park West.
Chrissy Meyer with the Association says funds raised will go toward creating lives free of cardiac diseases.
Meyer says the money stays local and helps the Association's research, public health education, teaching CPR and some of their advocacy programs.
Meyer says the Heart Walk is the Association's signature fundraiser but it's also a mission in motion because of the importance of telling people about the benefits of walking.
She says the Association recommends thirty minutes a day of moderate exercise and walking fits the bill. According to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine, for every hour of moderate exercise you get an equivelant of a two hour extension on your life span.
The Heart Walk is Saturday, August 20 and registration is available on the South Dakota Heart Association's website.
