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As you know, the American Heart Association supports Ohio's Healthy Choices for Healthy Children legislation (HB 373 and SB 210), which seeks to improve the health of Ohio's kids, in part through improving physical education in our schools. What you may not know is that there are currently efforts to strip PE language from the legislation. We know Ohio's students deserve better!

In April, our legislators will be back home in their districts, in your community. If we're to improve the physical education our kids receive in school, we need to make sure they hear the message loud and clear - keep PE strong in HB 373 and SB 210!

As a dedicated You're the Cure advocate, we need YOUR help to send a letter to the editor of your local paper or even do a quick in-district meeting with your legislators. We'll be happy to provide talking points, a draft letter and any other information you may need.

To view or download the talking points on this issue click here. You can use these to guide your in-district meeting or your letter to the editor. Please let us know if we can count on you to bring the PE discussion home!

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Welcome to the online home for American Heart Association advocacy in the Great Rivers Affiliate! The Great Rivers Affiliate includes Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

We update regularly about our ongoing legislative issues (for example: tobacco prevention and cessation, childhood obesity, nutrition, stroke and STEMI systems of care, etc). We hope this blog proves to be a resource to keep our amazing advocates up-to-date with our fast-paced legislative happenings!

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