Heart Club
Heart Club is a student-led, high school and college experience. Our members are leaders advancing health and hope for everyone, everywhere through a commitment to the four pillars of leadership, impact, fundraising, and wellbeing. Join us!

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Our Impact
Over our 100-year history, the American Heart Association has been fighting heart disease and stroke and helping families and communities thrive. Explore the map to see how your support has made a difference in our nation and in the places you and your loved ones call home.
News and Events
Drugstore job and volunteer work put him on a path to a career in medicine

Charlie Pérez-Suárez got his first job as soon as he turned 16, a way to help out his parents, immigrants from Michoacán, México. That job, in a drugstore in the Chicago suburb of Warrenville, would set him on a sometimes-winding path to medicine.