Your Impact | Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada

Make a difference with Jump

For more than 40 years, Jump Rope for Heart has helped kids across Canada learn the importance of getting active and building healthy habits. With your support, funds raised help drive Heart & Stroke’s mission to beat heart disease and stroke.

Your impact is real. Sophie and her daughter Mia were both born with the same heart condition—but thanks to advances in care funded by programs like Jump Rope for Heart, their experiences were very different. Today, they’re living healthy, active lives. Learn more about their journeys by clicking the button below.

Sophie and Mia's Story

A child's thank you

Thanks to donations, we fund Canada’s top medical minds. Watch Dr. Lori West meet the people her research saved—and discover her breakthrough that’s transforming heart transplants. Through powerful storytelling, we show that while research may be hard to see, its impact is impossible to ignore.

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Meet our Heart Heroes

Heart transplant survivor

When Charlie was only three months old, his heart suddenly failed. Thanks to medical innovation and the gift of a donor heart, today, at the age of five, he loves to run, laugh and show off his “bravery scars.”

Charlie's story

Pediatric stroke survivor

At six months old, doctors discovered Julian had a hole in his heart. He underwent open heart surgery at three years old and afterward suffered a pediatric stroke. Julian is now six years old and is still actively recovering.

Julian's Story

FAST lifesaver

Jump Rope for Heart teaches students the FAST signs of stroke. Read Max’s story and see how learning FAST at his school’s Jump assembly helped him save his dad’s life.

Max's Story

Heart transplant survivor

From having a sudden and unexplained heart attack at birth to thriving as a young advocate, Nora is living proof that resilience can begin in even the smallest hearts.

Nora's Story

Cardiac arrest survivor

When Seth went into cardiac arrest at school, the principal began CPR, and then used an AED to restart Seth’s heart. After many weeks in the hospital, and surgery, Seth’s prognosis is good.

Seth's Story