Our Service to the Community

Chip’n Away @ Heart Disease is a non-profit organization that provides health-related community programs like the Teams Against Heart Disease formerly known as the “red shoelace project.” Middle and high school athletic programs wore the shoelaces collectively. At halftime, the Malones would educate audiences about the lifechanging story that led them to educate people through their outreach programs. To date, 68,000 individuals of all ages have been impacted since the organization began.

The organization’s co-founder is Cynthia Malone honors her late husband, coach Narleski “Chip” Malone who started to raise awareness after his 2010 heart transplant. Since his passing in 2015, widow Cynthia continues she continues to “do the work” to remind audiences that “together we are Chip’n Away @ Heart Disease.

This website has an event calendar that lists all the events they host. You can click on an event to learn more about it.

To Your Health, Cynthia

What’s Your Story?

THANK YOU for stopping by to understand what we do and why it is so important. Many times, I say, “This is not a ‘Malone story.'” But because my family became a statistic in October 2015 from a tragic loss, I accepted the challenge to help others with this non-profit named after my husband. Statistical data and more details on heart disease can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/heartdisease/facts.htm

This organization was founded by a high school educator/coach “Chip” Malone after his heart transplant November 2010. To honor his organ donor, his book entitled “A Second Chance” depicted the challenges he faced from an unexpected diagnosis given in 1997 after a mandatory physical exam of coaches and student-athletes.

Though this former athlete and Jackson State University graduate seemed the picture of health, coaching high school football and basketball and maintaining four athletic fields. His tests indicated he had a heart of a 60-year-old man. He was only 43 at the time.

My late husband’s passion was fueled by his desire for no one to experience what we did. I continue his legacy to educate, inspire and encourage others to take control of their health. That is the story of our health journey.

To Your Health,

Cynthia