Go Red for Women
Line dancing and eating for a good cause
Photos by Charles E. Leftwich Jr. and Submitted photo (bottom photo)
The Winston-Salem Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc. (top above) sponsored a Go Red for Women event on Friday, Feb.6 at St. Paul United
Methodist Church. The event, which was designed to get heart rates going, included line dancing. In the picture at top right is Constance Carlton. The middle
photo features Rosalind Tucker, the dance instructor; Elizabeth Newton, president of the Alumnae Chapter; Geraldine Davis; and Sabrina Towner. Donations were
accepted at the door for the American Heart Association, which is promoting the Go Red campaign during American Heart Month. In the bottom photo, over 100
community and business leaders from Winston-Salem joined the American Heart Association, the Office of Mayor Joines and the Greater Triad Go Red For
Women Wellness Partner, Novant Health, for the 7th Annual Winston-Salem Goes Red Breakfast on National Wear Red Day, Friday, February 6. Go Red For
Women is the American Heart Association's year-round campaign focused on helping women around the country fight and prevent heart disease, the No. 1 killer of
women in the United States. For more information on local Go Red events, heart-healthy tips and latest research, go to www.facebook.com/TriadAHA.
Red HEARRT shoots for Guinness record
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
"Life is just a minute, only sixty seconds in it," as Dr.
Benjamin E. Mays reminded us, and more than 400 par
ticipants used it to set another Guinness World Record for
Red HEARRT (Help Educate And Reduce Risk Today) on
rhursday, Feb. 5 at the Gateway YWCA.
The participants' record was for the most people
simultaneously doing sit-ups for one minute. This is the
second record the organization has set in as many years.
The first record set in 2013 was for the most participants
doing Zumba.
Red H.E.A.R.R.T., Mayor Allen Joines and 1,121
Winston-Salem Forsyth County fourth- and fifth-graders
set this record on Go Red Day in 2013.
The participants in the most recent event came from
all parts of the local community - different Zumba clubs,
exercise classes, local social and civic organizations,
Salem College and especially Winston-Salem State
University athletes (football, men's and women's basket
ball, tennis, volleyball and cheerleaders).
Buccaneer Fans and Hospital held the record 01 jiv
people until Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. This is when Red
HE.A.RR.T., Mayor Joines and 422 attempted to break
this record. And, it has been reported that 414 Winston
Salem/Forsyth County participants completed the contest,
thus breaking the record.
Now, the documentation is being sent to Guinness
World Record officials.
Cheryl Lindsay, the founder of Red HEARRT, said
that the organization is excitedly waiting to hear that the
W-S/FC community is back in the Official Guinness
World Record again.
"I am honored to be able to partner with such a gen
erous and compassionate community and community
partners to bring hpKtt health awareness to Winston-Salem
and surrounding areas in memory of my mother," Lindsay
said. "If I can save a life by educating others on their heart
health numbers or by urging them to Get Moving, then our
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works will have made a difference!"
Lindsay stressed the importance of having a healthy
heart.
"I am excited the organization has been able to
achieve another world record - not for the sake of just set
ting a record - but to bring attention to the risk and impor
tance of heart health, not just for women but for everyone.
"We had people of all ages, ethnicities and gender who
came out today to exercise in over an hour of Zumba and
following up with a strenuous minute of doing sit-ups.
"I want to bring everyone's attention to heart health in
memory of my mother, Gail Lindsay, who lost her dear
life to this awful disease.
:For the last five years, I have brought different pro
grams to our community during the local American Heart
Association (AHA) celebration of Go Red for Women.
Heart disease is the number one killer of women, and par
ticularly in our African-American community, we need to
elevate the importance of exercise and diet to battle this
dreadful disease."
According to the AHA, heart disease is the number
one killer of women. The disease kills more women that
all forms of cancer combined.
The national Go Red campaign is designed to bring the
attention to women of what has been considered mostly a
disease that affects.
The organization's website boasts that prior to the
kick-off of the program 10 years ago, heart disease killed
more women than men. With the education, support and
research of the movement, 34 percent fewer women now
die from heart disease.
The statistics for weight loss, lowered cholesterol,
lowered smoking, and increased exercise show phenome
nal results.
For additional information, visit the websites of Red
HEARRT (redhearrt.com) and Go Red
(goredforwomen .org).
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Cheryl Lindsay, the founder of Red HEARRT
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