[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Libertyville High Schools students we'll be on your campus next week (March 13) providing EKG screenings. Alane Church, a Warren High School parents shares her story in this video. Hopefully it will encourage you to go home, talk with...
We will be screening at the following schools in the 2019/2020 school year: 9/04/19 Lake Forest Academy 9/11/19 Vernon Hills High School 9/18/19 Wheeling High School 9/25/19 John Hersey High School 10/09/19 ...
The Max Schewitz Foundation is pleased to announce that Kathy Aykroid will join the board of directors as the executive director and secretary. Ms. Aykroid has been the lead project manager for nearly a decade coordinating all school EKG screenings, volunteers, and vendor logistics. She...
We will begin our 12th year of EKG-based cardiac screenings at Lake Forest Academy on August 22. The Foundation is scheduled to provide screening at eleven area high schools this year and potentially reach an additional 10,000 students. The program’s mission is to identify students who...
We recently concluded our 2017-2018 Heart Smart EKG screening. Our school-wide EKG screening program began in 2005 following the sudden death of Max Schewitz. This school year, the Foundation visited 14 area high schools and has now provided 75,483 EKG’s and 2,006 limited echocardiograms. The...
My mom told me, motherhood is not for sissies. She meant this humorously, trotting it out when the laundry was sky-high or my kids were getting shots or poor grades but, nothing could ring truer if you’re a mother of a child who has died....
Shop anytime in March or April and a portion of proceeds will be donated to the Max Schewitz Foundation. ...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://vimeo.com/254008412"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Big shout out to Alane Church and her successful fundraising efforts in memory of her son, Joshua, to benefit Screens for Teens EKG screening. We screened over 140...
Join us for the 2nd Annual Josh Church “Race Me” Fundraiser on Sunday, Nov. 18 from 2-5:30 pm at The Chocolate Sanctuary. The afternoon will feature appetizers, a cash bar, silent auction, special T-Shirts & more! Proceeds from the event will benefit the Max Schewitz...
October is National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month and some local swimmers will be taking part in a fundraiser this weekend to bring awareness to the issue. This Friday, October 20th - Sunday, October 22nd, the CATS are hosting a swim meet at Vernon Hills High...