UAF shines at 2014 Heart Walk
May 19, 2014
Two-hundred eighteen UAF employees, students and supporters signed up to walk in the
2014 American Heart Association Heart Walk and raised more than $36,000 for the campaign
to reduce heart disease and stroke.
About 3,000 community members turned out for the May 17 event May, according to the
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
UAF walkers wore T-shirts sporting the slogan "UAF Has Heart" and a polar bear design
by College of Liberal Arts Dean Todd Sherman. The UAF Geophysical Institute's GeeWiz
team alone raised more than $12,000.
Among single organizations, only Fairbanks Memorial Hospital topped UAF in contributions.