Sell-out wellness event
takes women to heart
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THE CHRONICLE
Red H.E.A.R.R.T.
(Help Educate and Reduce
Risk Today) hosted a sell
out Women's Red Bottom
Shoes Luncheon &
Wellness Event at the M.C.
Benton Convention Center.
The sell-out event was
created with the goal of
educating women, specifi
cally women of color,
about heart health issues,
preventive solutions,
dietary and physical exer
cise tips, and delivering
messages of empowerment
and encouragement.
Attendees visited over
25 vendors, with booths
and products ranging from
pampering to health assess
ment and weight manage
ment. The wellness event
on Saturday, Feb. 20, fea
tured pampering booths
such as neck and shoulder
massages, hand massages,
and Belk's make-over;
health assessment booths
including body mass index,
blood pressure and sugar
glucose check; weight
management booths horn
the YWCA and New
Balance; health education
booths from the Career
Center Young Chefs and
Healthy Alternatives; and
others.
There were several
door prizes, including the
grand prize of a pair of
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Christian Loubatin's Red i
Bottom shoes. The winner
of those shoes was Angela
Walker Johnson. I
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During the course of ?
the luncheon, attendees I
were treated to several <
short presentations, includ
ing a meditation led by the
event organizer, Cheryl i
Lindsay, to emphasize the
importance of taking a cou
ple of minutes out of your
day to think of things that
you're grateful for and
happy about to relieve
stress.
An article released by
the American Heart
Association notes that
recent studies have offered
promising results about the
impact of meditation in
reducing blood pressure. A
2012 study showed that
African-Americans with
heart disease who practiced
meditation regularly were
48 percent less likely to
have a heart attack, stroke
or die, compared with
African-Americans who
attended a health education
class for more than 5 years.
According to studies
from the American Heart
Associatio n.,
Cardiovascular disease
(CVD), including heart dis
ease and stroke, remain the
No. 1 killer of Americans.
CVD exacts a dispropor
tionate toll on many racial
and ethnic groups who
have higher rates of CVD
and its risk factors. These
groups also have chal
lenges around diagnosis
and care, as well as quality
of treatment compared to
that of their white counter
parts.
Sponsors
Sponsors & Partners for
Red H.E.A.R.R.T.'s 2016
Zumba/Health Affair, held
on Feb. 5, and Red Bottom
Shoes Luncheon are: Red
Bottom Premiere Platform
Sponsors - Wells Fargo,
The Links, Inc. and
HanesBrands Inc;
Supporting Partners and
Sponsors - Novant; The
City of Winston-Salem;
The office of the Mayor;
Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority, Inc.; Top Ladies
of Distinction Inc.; Twin
City Quarter (Marriott,
Benton Convention
Center); Union Baptist
Church; Women's Wellness
& ZT Studio and Delta
Sigma Theta, Inc. ;
Randolph Childress/Wake
Forest University; and The
Chronicle of Winston
Salem.
About Red
HJE.A.R.R.T.
Red HJE.A.R.R.T. was
designed by Cheryl
Lindsay with her mother,
Gail Lindsay, in mind. The
events sponsored by Red
HEARRT coincide with the
National Go Red February
campaigns. Cheryl Goes
Red for her mother, who
died too young of heart dis
ease. Over the last six
years, Cheryl has battled
high blood pressure and
low HDL. More recently,
she was diagnosed with
pattern B - LDL choles
terol. Pattern B is associat
ed with accelerated athero
sclerosis and a three- to
five-fold increase in heart
attack risk. Cheryl's desire
is to save the lives of others
through education and
resources.
Red H.E.A.R.R.T.'s
Initiative started in 2010
with a small Heart Health
Fair, and has since expand
ed to include all ages and
incorporate the Winston
Salem/Forsyth County
school system partnership
with Mayor Allan Joines,
the City of Winston-Salem,
Novant Health and others.
In 2013, as part of the
campaign, more than 1,000
students and Mayor Allen
Joines broke the Guinness
World Record for having
the most students doing
Zumbatomic at one time.
Last year, we expanded our
reach to the overall com
munity and colleges by
asking all to join us for a
Guinness world record
attempt to do sit-ups for
one minute at the Gateway
Y WCA - and they did just
that. Over 414 people
within our community and
Mayor Allen Joines broke
the Guinness World Record
for having the most number
of people doing sit-ups at
one time for one minute.
For more information,
contact Cheryl Lindsay at
336-655-5101 or
lindsay_cheryl@ bell
south .net.
Submitted photos
Angela Walker Johnson wins the pair of Christian
Loubatin's Red Bottom shoes.
Lindsay
The following are Heart
Survivors or people
walking on behalf of
loved ones or in memory
of loved ones: Tammy
Hardin, Reba Warren,
Taryn Wheeler Steen,
Sadie Lawrence, Brett
Blevins and Debbie
Uren.
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Debra Terry Stephens, Dr. Chere Chase-Gregory A Mrs. Rita Wilson
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