It's time to take care of your Ticker!

It's Ticker Time during the month of February and with this month wrapping up, we should have one last push for Heart Month!!! Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States.

There are so many things (even small things) that we all could be doing to take better care of our hearts. Small lifestyle changes are worth doing to be able to stick around for your family and loved ones. Here are some changes we can do to keep our heart ticking away!

• Start exercising
• Quit smoking
• Watch your sodium intake
• Switch to whole grain foods - full of heart healthy vitamins, minerals and tons of fiber
• Splurge - on dark chocolate sometimes
• Make sure to always rinse your foods
• Sleep good - this can help your risk level of heart attacks and irregular heartbeats
• Try some flaxseed on your food. Flaxseed is wonderful in keeping your blood cells from clumping up and forming blood clots.
• Lose a little weight - losing some pounds can lower your blood pressure and reduce your chance for diabetes and lower your cholesterol.

Living for Zachary always encourages good and healthy choices to take better care of your heart. For more information about how to get "heart healthy" - please visit the American Heart Association or the HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano.  You can also visit the Heart Risk Calculator to see if you are at risk or what changes you can make.

Please stay tuned for an update of our wonderful Living for Zachary HeartBeats Gala 2011. This wonderful night was a huge success and we will have details and pictures posted soon. In the meantime, take care of your TICKER.

There is still time to purchase your ticket for the HeartBeats Gala!

There is still time to come and celebrate with Living for Zachary at the HeartBeats Gala  - order your ticket TODAY!

To purchase a ticket or a sponsorship - you can CLICK HERE

For a listing of Live Auction Items and Big Board Items - you can CLICK HERE


Join Living for Zachary for the “HeartBeats Gala: Bright Lights, Broadway Nights” at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2011, at the Marriott Plano at Legacy Town Center. This black-tie event is the inaugural fund-raiser benefitting the Living for Zachary Organization, whose mission is to raise awareness of sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) as well as promote preventative and corrective measures.

We’re bringing the feel of New York City and Broadway to you and the more than 500 people expected to attend this wonderful evening. Exciting Live, Big Board, and Silent Auction items await your bid. Will it be the house in Ocho Rios, Jamaica with a private chef and butler service? The hunting trip in Argentina? Perhaps you’ll be tempted by gorgeous jewelry or want bragging rights to autographed sports memorabilia. Want to attend the Tony Awards® on June 12th in New York City? There’s so much more!

FOX 4 Weeknight Sports Anchor Mike Doocy is your Master of Ceremony. Music by Goga, a lovely seated dinner, dancing to the music of Limelight (an Emerald City Production) and much more will leave you giving this evening a standing ovation!

Come and join us and have a night to remember! You will leave with alot of love in your heart for this wonderful Organization and a love for Zachary Schrah.

Happy Birthday "18th Birthday" Zac - A true child of God

On February 10th, 1993 in Garland, Texas - God blessed the Schrah family with a beautiful son named Zachary. What an amazing person Zachary Schrah was and what a life he would live in his short time on earth.

Zachary enjoyed fishing, hunting, playing football and riding four-wheelers. Mostly Zac loved his family; especially his sister Sarah who was very close to his age and dear to his heart. Sarah would play a powerful role in keeping Zac's legacy alive.

Zachary was a child full of life, full of love and with a zest that was amazing to watch. Zac was a friend, a son, a brother, a grandson, a cousin - mostly though - Zachary Schrah was a child of God.

On this cold day in February we will find warmth in our hearts as we celebrate Zac's 18th birthday. Zachary would be graduating from High School this year and would have been attending college and possibly medical school; however Zachary will never really be gone - he will live on through us and the Living for Zachary Organization.

Living for Zachary would like to thank all of the L4Z supporters, volunteers and a special thank you to all Zac's friends and our family that have helped us through this journey that we have had to go through.

Our greatest thank you goes to Jesus Christ for allowing us the opportunity to know and love this wonderful child for his short time on earth.

Happy 18th Birthday Zac! You are loved and missed!

Dedicated to Saving Young Lives .. in MDNews Dallas/ Fort Worth

Dedicated to Saving Young Lives is how the story in the MDNews Dallas/Fort Worth reads this month.

Living for Zachary is appreciative of the wonderful article on Page 15 that helps Living for Zachary spread awareness of Sudden Cardiac Awareness (SCA).

Help Fight Heart Disease in Women and wear RED on Friday, Feb 4th

Have a heart this February as we celebrate Heart Month and celebrate the HeartBeats Gala that will be held on February 19th, 2011. Most importantly we celebrate the life of Zachary Schrah - born on February 10th and passed away from Sudden Cardiac Arrest on April 2nd.

February is a great month to start living heart healthy and doing things to better your life. For more information on Heart Month you can visit the HEART HOSPITAL Baylor Plano or the American Heart Association website.

On Friday February 4th all women can wear the color RED to celebrate the life of someone that has died of heart disease or just to wear the color Red to support fighting Heart Disease. At GoRedforWomen.org you can find out all the risk factors and treatments for heart disease in women.

Support Livingfor Zachary by attending the HeartBeats Gala, donating to the Living for Zachary Foundation or simply wear Red on Friday to help fight Heart Disease!

For HeartBeats Gala Tickets or to view all the wonderful HeartBeats Gala silent auction items, you can visit the Living for Zachary website. It will be a night full of music, good food, great silent auction items and all for a good cause and in wonderful remembrance of Zachary Schrah and for anyone that has lost their life to Sudden Cardiac Arrest or any heart disease.

So many ways to help fight Heart Disease - so have a Heart this month, wear Red and attend a Living for Zachary event!