Jason Sherko

Father of 4 including a heart warrior, Husband, Educator, and Coach

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Congrats to all the Illinois wrestlers that competed at the Ironman this weekend. Keep fighting @LTHSWrestling @JCAwrestling @STCE_Wrestling @wchs_308_wrestl

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Conant’s first Ironman champ in school history Ethan Stiles!!! If you don’t know this tournament has the best in the nation. Congrats Ethan!! Congrats to Harley and AJ also competing at the toughest high school tournament. #cougarwresttling #fight

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Amara & Everly were our honorary captains today & helped @SchoBlue75 design his #MyCauseMyCleats. They met at @RMHCCNI & became good friends.

#GBvsCHI

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Once in a lifetime day!These two were the cutest honorary captains
Thank you so much RMHC Chicago and Northwest Indiana and Schofield Family Foundation for making dreams come true today @SchoBlue75 @SchofieldFF @KendallCoyne #heartwarrior #chd #hlhs #GoBears #ChicagoBears

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Today we donated our first 1 MILLION pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. We thank @RMHCCNI for everything they have done for us and others. Thanks to all the @ConantCougars family that has helped collect! On to 2 Million!!! #hlhs #heartwarrior #chd

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@ChsAdvanced unfortunately the wrestling ears may have been to intimidating as they decided to fill the lineup from elsewhere. If they only knew this 1998 8th grade St. Frances Holiday Tourny MVP could have helped keep the streak Unfortunately like all dynasty’s it came to an end

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Amara’s story about a trial on Xarelto after the Fontan was published. #chd #hlhs #heartwarrior Thanks to @AdvocateKids https://t.co/V6Uz7eanJR

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Happy Birthday Amara!This is a big accomplishment as when Amara was born with HLHS needed 3 open heart surgeries. The chance of survival to 5 years old was at 54%! Now that stat has gone up to 65% She is thriving loving princesses, swimming, going camping, and being crazy!

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Amara was on @nbcchicago news yesterday for a trial drug she was on after her Fontan!! #chd #hlhs #heartwarrior https://t.co/QVE5XbL9z9

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We wear red today for Amara and all the other heart warriors fighting big battles! ❤️

“You go through the wars to become a warrior. Keep standing strong brave little heart.” #hlhs #heartwarrior #CHDawareness

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Last week we dropped off 131 pounds of pop tabs @RMHCCNI oak lawn,which is equivalent to over 165,000 pop tabs!We have NEVER had a drop off of this size! Our grand total to date is now 354.31 pounds. A million pop tabs is 789.27 pounds Thanks to All #chd #hlhs #heartwarrior

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Thank you to all who helped We just dropped off 40 pounds to the @RMHCCNI oak lawn We are 1/4 of our way to our 1 million goal by the time Amara turns 5 in April!We’ve collected 223 pounds total!Please please please keep saving them💗#chd #heartwarrior #keepingfamiliesclose

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Devon Ellis qualifies for state in high jump. Devon jumped 6’3 and took second at sectionals. Good luck at state next week at EIU!!! #cougarpride #jumpers #statebound @chsbcc_tf

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Thank you ⁦@AdvocateKids⁩ #chd #heartmonth #hlhs https://t.co/91mm7apD99

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We dropped off 12 pounds of pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald House near Advocate today which is equivalent to about 15,000! Our overall current totals are 104 pounds which is just over 131,000 pop tabs! Thanks to all that have helped. #HeartMonth #chd #hlhs

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Be sure to save all those pop tops today!

Here is the load we are dropping off at the Ronald McDonald House tomorrow! I’m estimating it’s about 15 pounds! Thank you to all our family, friends, and students who always save them for us! 💗#HeartMonth #CHD

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“This little heart of mine, I’m going to let it shine!”

We wear red today for our warrior Amara! ❤️

We celebrated today with special donuts from our favorite bakery! #WearRedDay #hlhs #CHD

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1 in 100 babies are born with a CHD. According to the CDC 1,025 babies are born with HLHS in the US each year which accounts to odds of about 1 in 3,841 babies.Amara is 1 in 3,841!Don’t forget, tomorrow wear red to support CHD awareness! ❤️#heartmonth #hlhs #WearRedDay

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Surgery is not a cure! Amara’s heart is NOT normal - she’s still living with and rocking HALF of a heart!), however the aftermath of heart defects will last a lifetime. CHD creates physical, neurological, and emotional challenges that require ongoing specialized care #HeartMonth

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1 in 100 babies are born with a congenital heart defect. It’s the most common and most lethal birth defect worldwide.

Throwback to Amara’s first heart month! Kolt was showing how strong his baby sister is 💗#chd #hlhs #HeartMonth