When you go to get dressed today, help promote heart disease awareness and overall heart health by wearing something red. My whole family is wearing red today.
((Ken did it accidentally - but I gave him credit for it anyway.))
Today is “National Wear Red Day.” Just by wearing red, you can support and raise awareness for the fight against heart disease, which is the number one killer of women.
The focus of this day is to take women's health to heart by wearing red to show support for women's heart disease awareness.
The Red Dress became the national symbol of The Heart Truth campaign in 2002 to remind women of the need to protect their heart health, and inspire them to take action.
The campaign seeks to educate women of all ages to decrease their risk.
This is the fifth year for this National Wear Red Day to take place, and it continues to pick up steam each year it ages.
This year more than ever it is key to help promote heart health as heart disease is the leading cause of death in women.
According to the American Heart Association, 1 out of every 3 women die from heart disease each year.
This is why it is very important to raise awareness for women in terms of knowing the risks of heart disease, and how important it is to have a healthy heart.
I explained to the boys this morning why they were wearing red and Christopher was very excited about it because he knows he's a member of the 'Brave Heart Club' since his open heart surgery at 11 months old to repair a very large ASD. He received this very special teddy bear from the Mt. Sinai Hospital.
This is a GREAT book about the heart and seeing through the metaphor....
I couldn't put it down...Click on the link to read more about it at Amazon.
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