This year, an estimated 23,000 kids under 18 will experience a sudden cardiac arrest. The number is staggering. But what’s most frightening is this: many of those kids, and their parents, never see it coming.

KPRC 2 and our Community partners at Energy Transfer and Houston Christian University are shining a spotlight on The Cody Stephens Foundation. The heart screenings, which detect issues that may not be identified in routine physical exams, have potentially saved more than 200 young lives.

In a mission now spanning over a decade, KPRC 2 and Investigative Reporter Bill Spencer have partnered with the Cody Stephens Foundation to bring heart testing for young adults.

You’ve had all of the yearly check-ups and everything seems fine. Still, your child could have a deadly heart condition that could strike at any moment. This terrifying reality led one family to push for more testing to help as many people as possible in the area.

In a mission now spanning over a decade, KPRC 2 and Investigative Reporter Bill Spencer have partnered with the Cody Stephens Foundation to bring about a positive change in the lives of teen athletes. Their joint efforts, dedicated to preventing tragic incidents related to undetected heart defects, recently culminated in a heart screening event that delivered results beyond expectations.

KPRC 2 and Cody Stephens Foundation’s partnership delivers lifesaving results as 313 teen athletes receive free heart screenings, uncovering critical abnormalities.

For more than a decade, KPRC 2 and Bill Spencer have partnered with the Cody Stephens Foundation to offer life-saving heart screenings that are free of charge.

This year, KPRC 2 will be joining the Cody Stephens Foundation, Alief Independent School District, and the community fire department to host a FREE, in-depth heart screening for teenage athletes to be examined.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 2,000 young, seemingly healthy people under age 25 in the United States die each year of sudden cardiac arrest.

If you have a student that plays a sport or is just very active, you may want to schedule them for a FREE heart screening this month.