On Saturday, May 19, about 120 Eastern Michigan University faculty, staff, students and their families, including university President Susan Martin, gathered at Washtenaw Community College for the annual Ann Arbor American Heart Association Heart Walk. This year’s EMU team raised more than $12,000 for heart and stroke research, according to the American Heart Association website.

The Ann Arbor walk is just one of more than 300 across the country, organized by the American Heart Association to raise funds and awareness for heart and stroke research. The American Heart Association website states that more than a million people participate in Heart Walks each year, with millions of dollars raised.