Yes, you can! Simply join the National Jump Team  and follow the steps in the Families Checklist.

Please note: The National Jump Team Thank You gift cards  will be ordered June 17, 2024. If you have any questions, please contact us

Jump Rope for Heart is not just about skipping. We encourage everyone to get moving in any way they can during their event. You can dance, play hopscotch, run, wheel, get out your hula hoop or do anything else to get moving!

We appreciate your courage! Sharing your story inspires compassion, gratitude, hope and generosity in others. Thank you. 

Please share your story by completing the form on our homepage here.

To join your child’s school, please follow the instructions in our How to Register Guide (coming soon). 

If you have questions or experience technical issues, please contact us.

To register more than one child, refer to page x of the How to Register Guide (coming soon). 

If you have questions or experience technical issues, please contact us.

 Yes! Jump Rope for Heart is an online-only fundraising program for the following reasons: 

1. It is a safe way for children and families to collect donations. We want to keep families and teachers safe. We've also heard concerns from parents and teachers alike about children carrying money on their person or going door-to-door in neighbourhoods without parental involvement. It is also a secure way for children and families to collect donations from friends and family who live far away. 

2. It is more efficient and advantageous for schools to fundraise online. When students collect their donations online, teachers and administrators spend less time collecting and counting pledge envelopes. This means that Thank You Prizes will be received sooner! It is also easier for schools to track progress towards their school goal online, as they can view online donations in real-time and download a complete fundraising report on the school's total online impact and top online fundraisers. 

3. It is an efficient and sustainable way for donors to give. When a donor gives online, they receive an electronic tax receipt immediately to their inbox for a seamless experience - no postage or transport is required, and filing is paperless! 

4. It helps Heart & Stroke save on administration, meaning more dollars can go directly to our cause. It also keeps everyone safe from exposure, as cash does not have to be handled and counted. 

While Jump is an online-first fundraising program, we understand that there may be exceptional circumstances that necessitate offline fundraising. For that reason, we have established a process that enables teachers to submit offline funds to Heart & Stroke at the conclusion of their school's Jump event. 

To participate in offline fundraising, please follow these steps: 

1. Print and utilize our provided pledge form. 
2. Ensure that all donor information on the pledge form is legible, as this is essential for Heart & Stroke to issue tax receipts. 
3. Submit the completed pledge form, along with the collected funds, to your school once your Jump Event has concluded. 

If your school is part of the Thank You Gift Card program, kindly make sure to include a valid email address on the pledge form. This will enable Heart & Stroke to send the gift card via email. 

While we encourage everyone to fundraise online-first, we want to ensure all students have the chance to get involved and help others by fundraising to beat heart disease and stroke.  

We strongly encourage parents to support their children's fundraising efforts by asking for support from family, friends, work colleagues and close neighbours online. For tips on how to get started online, please visit Families' Corner. 

To update your child’s personal page, please follow these instructions: 

1. Log in to your child’s Participant Centre 

2. Review the Tips to optimize your fundraising page tiles, and under ‘Add a personal message’, click ‘Add now’.  

3. Edit the ‘Name’ of your child’s personal page and upload a cover photo 

4. Toggle off the ‘Use default description’ button to edit their personal page description.

5. Click the ‘Save’ button at the bottom of the page to save your changes. 

You can also update your child’s personal page by logging in, clicking on the Participant Centre button and then the Dashboard button.

To find your child’s personal page link, please follow these instructions: 

1. Log in to your child’s account.

2. Click the Participant Center button at the top of the page. Next, click on their fundraising page tile. 

3. Once on their fundraising page, click the ‘Share and get page’ link button at the top right-hand corner. 

4. Click the two squares after the link to copy their link. 

If you are donating on someone else’s behalf, make sure you are logged out of your Jump Rope for Heart account before starting the donation process. On the donation form, input the donor’s name, email, and address info, as well as your credit card number, expiry and CVC.  This will issue a tax receipt to the donor’s email address and charge your card for the transaction.

1. Log in to your child’s account. 

2. Click the ‘Participant Center’ button at the top of the page. Next, click on their fundraising page tile. 

3. Once on their fundraising page, click the ‘Share and get page link’ button at the top right-hand corner. 

4. Click the ‘QR Code’ button in the list of share options. 

5. Click the ‘Download’ button to save the image to your device. 

6. To print the QR code for your child to use offline, email the downloaded image to yourself to print. 

Schools are offered the choice at registration to fundraise as a Prize or No Prize school. As a prize school, student fundraisers are rewarded with a digital Thank You Gift card if they fundraise $25 or more. To determine if your school accepts prizes, please contact your child’s teacher. 

We offer online Thank You gift cards as a reward to students who reach $25 or more in fundraising, a ‘thank you’ from Heart & Stroke for their efforts and a form of encouragement to stay physically active long after their Jump event. Gift cards are awarded to students who reach graduated fundraising levels, and we hope you redeem them for fitness-themed products. 

Some participating schools decide to opt-out of individual Thank You gift cards for students. Please check with your school to see if they offer online Thank You gift cards in their Jump Rope for Heart program.

If your child’s school offers gift cards, then you’ll receive an email to the address used to register your child 4-6 weeks after their Jump Event. This email will prompt you to visit the portal, enter your redemption code and select your online gift card from the available options: Indigo, Amazon.ca, Toys “R” Us, Mastermind Toys and Walmart. 

Indigo, Walmart and Amazon.ca cards are electronic gift cards that are emailed within 24-48 hours of your selection. Toys “R” Us cards are plastic gift cards that are delivered via post approximately 7 to 10 business days from the time of your selection. 

All online gift cards can be redeemed online or in-store.

All online Thank You gift cards for National Jump Team participants will be ordered by June 23, 2024. Students on the National Jump Team can fundraise up until this date. If you have any questions, please get in touch with us.

For all gift card inquiries, please contact us.