Last year's Heart Month raised $9.5 million across Canada.

You might get a knock on your front door from the Heart and Stroke foundation this month.

February is Heart Month and volunteers will be going door-to door to raise funds.

Program Coordinator, Yvanne Dandan says over $15,000 was raised in Thompson last year:

"We do have a lot of communities throughout the province that are involved in this campaign, but Thompson is in top 5 in terms of revenue raised. They are #4 for the highest revenue raised as a community with of course Winnipeg being #1 which is a large community. That is such a great accomplishment for Thompson".

Dandan says the money goes towards research and programs the organization runs.

To find out more about Heart Month, listen to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon.