AHA Launches 2021 San Diego Go Red for Women campaign
San Diego, CA, February 7, 2021 - The American Heart Association kicked off American Heart Month and its 2021 San Diego Go Red for Women campaign Friday, February 5th with the annual Lighting Ceremony at UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center.
This year’s illumination was done quietly, without an audience, as San Diegans continue all efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
A number of businesses/landmarks across the Greater San Diego area joined UC San Diego Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center in Going Red in support of the campaign, including the San Diego Convention Center, Hilton San Diego Gaslamp, One America Plaza, Sheraton Marina, Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center, and Petco Park. Most locations will remain illuminated in red throughout the month.
February’s Go Red for Women campaign concludes with the 2021 San Diego Go Red Digital Experience, Friday, February 26. The Digital Experience is the celebratory event for the American Heart Association’s annual Go Red campaign. We encourage you to join to celebrate and support the American Heart Association mission. The digital experience features:
Inspirational stories
Health and wellness tips and breaks
Revealing the inaugural class of the San Diego Women of Impact and Teens of Impact
And much more!
By supporting Go Red, you inspire women to make healthy lifestyle changes, mobilize communities, and shape policies to save lives. And you make it possible for more women to receive the lifesaving information they need about their risk for heart disease and stroke and empower them to live stronger, healthier lives.
Go Red for Women is brought to San Diego by VEBA, and is locally sponsored by Mission Federal Credit Union and UC San Diego Health. Media sponsors include CBS8 and Univision San Diego.
Go Red for Women Digital Experience
Date: Friday, February 26
Time: 12 noon – 1pm
Website: SDGoRed.Heart.org / #SDGoRed / @AHASouthernCA
About Go Red for Women
Despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, heart disease remains the leading killer of women in the U.S., according to the American Heart Association’s recently released 2021 Heart Disease & Stroke Statistics. health threat.
Go Red for Women – locally sponsored by VEBA – is the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative to end heart disease and stroke in women. Go Red for Women is working in communities around the world to help women understand that cardiovascular disease is their greatest health threat and that they should take action to lower their risk
Go Red for Women has 4 pillars of work:
Ensuring all women are aware
Helping women take charge of their health
Closing gender gaps in Research and STEM
Addressing inequities in access and quality of care
Over the past 17 years, Go Red for Women has funded life-saving women’s research, advanced public health policy, championed closing gender gaps in research and STEM and created a platform for women to address their greatest health risk – cardiovascular disease. Go Red has had an impact on women’s health and will continue remove the barriers women face to achieving good health and well-being and continue to be a champion for women and women’s health.
Visit SDGoRed.Heart.org to learn more.
This article originally appeared on the San Diego Patch
