Empowering & Educating Girls About Heart Health & Heart Disease Prevention
SAVING LIVES ONE HEART AT A TIME...ONE GIRL AT A TIME!
Our MISSION is to EMPOWER, RAISE AWARENESS and EDUCATE girls aged 10-18 about heart health and heart disease prevention.
We promote fitness/physical activity/exercise and sports, heart healthy eating/nutrition and heart healthy lifestyle choices.
Our GOAL is to achieve improved heart health and increased education and awareness in young girls with a focus on heart disease prevention - no. 1 killer of women in the United States.
"LISTEN, LEARN, LOVE YOUR HEART"
Our MISSION is to EMPOWER, RAISE AWARENESS and EDUCATE girls aged 10-18 about heart health and heart disease prevention.
We promote fitness/physical activity/exercise and sports, heart healthy eating/nutrition and heart healthy lifestyle choices.
Our GOAL is to achieve improved heart health and increased education and awareness in young girls with a focus on heart disease prevention - no. 1 killer of women in the United States.
"LISTEN, LEARN, LOVE YOUR HEART"
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In the past 10 years, Heart N Hands has educated over 7,500 girls and their families in our "Love Your Heart" Wellness Program and trained over 500 girls in Hands Only CPR (in partnership with American Heart Association New Orleans)
Heart N Hands Hosted:
Heart N Hands Hosted:
- No Kid Hungry school program to create "Fruit Fridays" snack bags to over 400 kids
- Fitness instruction and heart health awareness/education to over 200 Girls Scouts
- "Love Your Heart" Wellness programs to over 100 Girls with Girl Scouts Louisiana East
- "Love Your Heart" Wellness programs to over 400 Girls in the Greater New Orleans Community
- New chapters in Nashville, Houston, Atlanta, Austin & Dallas
- "Running for the HEART" 5K & 10K Run/Walk/Bike/Roll with over 190 participants
- Love Your Heart Wellness Program to over 160 3rd, 4th, & 5th grade girls at Luling Elementary
Do you know what causes cardiovascular disease in women? What about the survival rate?
The fact is: Cardiovascular Disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. That’s approximately one woman every minute!
But it doesn’t affect all women alike, and the warning signs for women aren’t the same in men. There are several misconceptions about heart disease in women, and they could be putting you at risk.
The fact is: Cardiovascular Disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year. That’s approximately one woman every minute!
But it doesn’t affect all women alike, and the warning signs for women aren’t the same in men. There are several misconceptions about heart disease in women, and they could be putting you at risk.
 Young Men of Illinois Royal Queen's Court
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WomenHeart Burlington Heart Campaign
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We EMPOWER girls to "take their heart health in their hands" by providing heart health related information, educational tools and support needed to maintain and sustain a heart healthy lifestyle.
Heart N Hands | New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 | 800.276.8082