Long Island ?Red Cap? Ambassadors Prepare for 15th Annual Heart Walk American Heart Association - Long Island FREE Press at LongIsland.com, 09-06-2006
Marilyn and Robin Levy aren?t your typical mother and daughter; they are both open heart surgery survivors. Marilyn had triple bypass at age 49 and Robin had surgery at age 4 for ventricular septal defect (VSD) and at age 32 for a valve repair.
Yvette Fields is also a survivor. At age 42, Yvette suffered her first in a series of strokes. Now, at 46, Yvette speaks out about the early warning signs of stoke and has become a resource of education to the Long Island community.
All three of these extraordinary women will have the honor of being ?Red Cap? Ambassadors at the 15th Annual American Heart Association Long Island Heart Walk taking place on Sunday, September 17, 2006. This year?s walk will take place at Nassau Community College. The non-competitive, three-mile walk ? which begins at 8:30 a.m. ? raises funds to support heart disease and stroke research and educational programs in the Long Island community. The Heart Walk also promotes walking as part of a healthy lifestyle.
A ?Red Cap? is a red baseball cap featuring the American Heart Association logo. ?Red Caps? refer to survivors of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke or heart surgery who wear the red caps and walk in the American Heart Walk. Hundreds of survivors from across Long Island participate to show that heart disease and stroke can be beaten. The American Heart Association estimates there are more than 71 million Americans alive with one or more types of cardiovascular disease.
?Neither of us smoke, drink or eat bad food? said Robin Levy, survivor. ?We are living proof that the American Heart Association saves lives.?
As Red Cap for the Long Island Heart Walk, Marilyn, Robin and Yvette will help create awareness about the importance of survivors participating in the event and to create awareness that heart disease and stroke aren?t ?just an older man?s disease.?
On Sunday, September 17, 2006 Walk. Change tomorrow. Today. Join our ?Red Caps? and hundreds of other survivors from all over Long Island at the 2006 Heart Walk.
This year Heart Walk is presented nationally by Subway. Top local sponsors include the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Astoria Federal Savings, Optimum Lightpath and J.Kings Food Service Professionals, Inc. Media Sponsors are WBAB-FM 102.3 and Yellowbook.
Regular aerobic physical activity increases your fitness level and capacity for exercise. It also plays a role in both primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke and is linked to cardiovascular mortality. Regular physical activity can help control blood lipid abnormalities, diabetes and obesity. It can also help reduce blood pressure.
For information on participating in the Long Island Heart Walk please call the American Heart Association at 516-777-8447 or visit the Web at www.heartwalk.kintera.org/longisland.
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Since 1924, the American Heart Association has helped protect people of all ages and ethnicities from the ravages of heart disease and stroke. These diseases, the nation?s No. 1 and No. 3 killers, claim more than 910,000 American lives a year. The association invested nearly $474 million in fiscal year 2004-05 for research, professional and public education, advocacy, and community service programs so people across America can live stronger, longer lives.
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