The 98.3 WSUL Heart-A-Thon will celebrate its 46th year on Friday, February 16, 2024 from 6A-6P at Resorts World Catskills, and broadcast live on 98.3 WSUL. This event has raised over $3 Million dollars to date locally for heart disease. For the 2nd year the event will focus on three areas; Prevention, Education, and Treatment of Heart Disease in Sullivan County benefitting the following programs:
Prevention:
Sullivan 180 Empowering a Healthier Generation and Healthiest Fire Department Challenge Turtle awards; grants for schools and fire departments who are actively making changes that improve the health of our youth and first responders.
Education:
A Single Bite's four-part Real Food Education Program; teaches Sullivan County students to care about the food they eat and where it comes from, challenging them to make healthy choices whenever possible.
Steam Fund's Full Steam Ahead with Healthy Habits initiative designed to make a generational improvement in health using music, songwriting, mindfulness, and movement providing children with tools to make healthier choices.
Treatment:
Garnet Health Medical Center - Catskills will receive funding to purchase state of the art Echocardiogram Equipment.