The Oscoda Sentinel
EKG For A LifeTuesday, April 17, 2012 By Justine Alderete
Chelsee Monnier, senior, is striving to make EKG’s affordable for athletes within Iosco county, focusing on Oscoda High School. An EKG is an electrocardiogram which measures the electrical activity of the heart. This test can detect irregularities within the heart such as arrhythmias, heart attacks and heart failures that regular sports physical can not. She has already set up an online fundraising website my.fundraising.com/ekgforalife , where any purchse made 40 percent is donated to this cause or you can even donate money which 90 percent is given to this cause. Chelsee has meeting set up with WNEM, American Heart Association, Beaumont Hospitals, the Eagles Club and United Way. She already met with the local Lions club, which Chelsee stated, “I feel like meeting with the Lions club was the first step to accomplishing my goal.” |