Go Red for Women luncheon tickets now on-sale
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Go Red for Women luncheon tickets now on-sale
DAVENPORT, Iowa (September 14, 2011) Tickets for the American Heart Association’s 2011 Go Red for Women event are now on-sale. Presented locally by Trinity Regional Health System, this year’s event will be held Thursday, Nov. 8, at the RiverCenter in Davenport. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. for educational breakout sessions, silent auction bidding and the vendor fair. Lunch and speakers will begin at noon. Guest emcee for this year’s event is Kay Luna of the Quad-City Times.
Now celebrating its 8th year, the Go Red for Women event aims to educate women about their risk of stroke and heart disease – the No. 1 killer of women – and what they can do to improve their health. Each year nearly 500 women attend the event to learn their risk factors, hear personal stories of heart disease’s impact, and learn ways to empower themselves to take charge of their own heart health.
According to the American Heart Association, an estimate 82.6 million American adults have one or more types of cardiovascular disease, including stroke. About 40.4 million of them are 60 or younger. Cardiovascular disease accounts for one of every three deaths, more than the next three causes of death combined.
Tickets are $35 and may be purchased online at www.quadcitiesgoredforwomen.org. Funds raised by the Go Red for Women event support cardiovascular research and education for women. Since 1949, the American Heart Association has spent more than $3.3 billion on research to better prevent, diagnose and treat cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
For more information, contact the American Heart Association office at (563) 323-4321 or Kate.Cuellar@heart.org.
Contact:
Erin Lounsberry
(309) 779-2981
lounsberrye@ihs.org
Chelsea Hillman
(563) 359-1099
chillman@integrityintegrated.com
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