Representatives from the American Heart Association (AHA) and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health recently visited Lampeter-Strasburg High School to celebrate the installation of three new water filtration stations. The goal is to encourage students to rethink their beverage choices by making it easier and more appealing for students to drink water instead of sugary beverages like soda, sports beverages and energy beverages. The AHA recommends that children have no more than six teaspoons of added sugars per day and no more than one 8-ounce sugary beverage each week.
The water filtration system installation is part of Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health's support of the AHA's Healthy for Good movement and Lancaster Heart Walk. Since 2013, Lancaster General Health has served as a presenting sponsor of the movement, which has also included the planting of AHA teaching gardens at five Lancaster elementary schools, the establishment of a labeled walking path around Buchanan Park, the placement of bicycle racks at local schools and the installation of three bicycle repair stations around Lancaster County.
For more information about the AHA in Lancaster County, readers may visit http://www.heart.org/lancaster or http://www.facebook.com/ahalancasterpa.
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