By Ella Beames Community is a core pillar of the American Heart Association (AHA), and nurturing that pillar is how we have built a network of patrons, advocates, and survivors. Community at the American Heart Association is shared passion for the organization’s mission and ambition to elevate its message on local, regional, and national levels. … Read more
By Ella Beames, NYC Intern of Impact On Saturday, June 22, the American Heart Association (AHA) was invited to attend the “Let’s Get Ready to Rucker!” youth clinic at Holcombe Rucker Park on W 155th Street in Manhattan. The event was hosted by the National Basketball Players Association in partnership with NYC Parks and was … Read more
On June 10, the American Heart Association celebrated its centennial birthday. In 1924, heart disease was a death sentence, but with the organization’s progress over the last 100 years, the death rate from cardiovascular disease has been cut in half. The organization understands the role that science and education play in continuing to decrease that … Read more
On Thursday, May 23, the American Heart Association hosted its annual Lobby Day at New York City Hall. More than 30 volunteers rallied together to visit their elected officials and advocate for CPR training in schools, increased accessibility to self-monitoring blood pressure equipment, and the inclusion of healthy options on NYC kids’ meal menus. Greg … Read more
By Ella Beames: It was September 2, 2011, when my world turned upside down. My vision cut to black in milliseconds. I was going into cardiac arrest, and it was my first week of third grade, no less. Thankfully, my principal, Deb Rivera, saved my life with three rounds of CPR. I survived and I … Read more
Guest blog by Maddie Niebanck, stroke survivor, entrepreneur and advocate. Sometimes life is great, everything is going your way, and you feel on top of the world, like when I graduated from Georgetown University in May of 2017. I felt like I could do anything. I walked down Healy Lawn the morning of May 20th … Read more
Guest blog by Nicole Salzano, stroke survivor and advocate 2018 was my senior year of college. I was an exceptional student majoring in accounting and set to graduate summa cum laude. Prior to the start of the school year, I accepted a full time position with Big Four accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Outside of the classroom, … Read more