The home team scored the highest in this year's Putnam County American Heart Walk fund-raiser, held on our campus Oct. 8.

From left, several members of the 2005 TTU Heart Walk Team: Debbie Walker, captain; Shirley Dyer, captain; Helen Burgess, team leader; Dani Schwegler of the American Heart Association's Nashville office; Pam Goolsby, participant; and Evelyn Chambers, captain.

TTU team members from nearly every office and department on campus not only contributed the most money, $5,283.76, to the American Heart Association, but also claimed several awards.

Helen Burgess of Nursing was named Putnam County's "Top Walker" and received a certificate of appreciation for "outstanding effort in support of research and education to conquer heart disease and stroke."

Heart Walk participants can also win prizes, including a cruise, for raising at least $1,000. TTU winners were Burgess, Evelyn Chambers, Shirley Dyer and Tammy Martin.

All told, teams from throughout Putnam County contributed about $20,000 to the American Heart Association during the 2005 Heart Walk.