With more than $21,000 raised for the Heart & Stroke Foundation's Jump Rope for Heart, Ecole Lac Des Bois of Prince George placed second in elementary school standings in the province for their fundraising efforts.
Last year they raised more than $16,000 and staff was hoping to beat that amount this year.
"We started Jump Rope for Heart in 2011, I think, and since then the kids have been super motivated and we've had a great team from Ecole Heritage coming in and demonstrating and the kids were super engaged," said Corinne Larue-Madill, vice principal of Lac Des Bois. "They worked really hard together."
Even the kindergarten students learned how to jump rope so they could participate, she added.
"The students took on the responsibility and knew they could make a difference and they just went for it," added. Larue-Madill.