Start! Heart Walk!

2008 Start! Heart Walk

START! promotes physical activity and heart-healthy living in an exciting and fun family environment.

Save the date & join your friends and family in this community celebration!

16^th Annual Heart Walk and Stroke Fun Walk

5K (3 miles) non-competitive walk with live entertainment, health screenings,

educational vendor booths and more!

Come celebrate our community’s heart disease and stroke survivors, raise vital funds for education and research and learn how to lower your risk for heart disease and stroke.

To save lives and lower New Mexicans’ risk of our nation’s and New Mexico’s
No. 1 and No. 3 killers - heart disease and stroke. Funds raised benefit community programs, education and lifesaving research. You can make a difference!

March 29^th 2008 – RAIN or SHINE!

Albuquerque Academy’s Scenic Cross Country Trail

Everyone can participate! Corporate Teams, Family/Neighborhood Teams & Volunteers. We anticipate over 1,000 walkers!

Get involved; START walking. Collect general donations for the American Heart Association. You can also organize a team of walkers with people from your neighborhood, school, company, civic group or family members.

Go Red for Women

2008-Go Red for Women Luncheon

What: The American Heart Association's 4th Annual Go Red for Women Luncheon

When: Friday, February 29, 2008

Where: Embassy Suites Hotel & Spa

Concept: This fundraising and educational conference is designed to create an emotional, informative atmosphere to encourage women in our community to become champions of their own health. The theme incorporates the 360-degrees of a woman’s influence: in the community, at home and at work.

Goals:
- To raise $175,000
- To create a venue of passion and make heart disease relevant to women and reiterating that good heart health is essential.
-Educate and create a call-to-action women’s heart health.

Target Audience: Women in our community who have the ability to make an impact. Women who work, live and volunteer in our community. Women who are driven by a desire to make a difference and are action-oriented…and the men who support them.

Event Chair: Betty Chao, Westech International, Inc.