The mission of the American Heart Association in New York City is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke. To achieve this mission, the Association, its staff and volunteers, attempts to make an extraordinary impact by meeting people where they are. To that end, this month our team will be active around the city, working to improve and extend the lives of all New Yorkers.
Won’t you join us?
National Eat Smart Month
Date: November 1 – November 30
Time: 8:00 am
Location: Online
Description:The American Heart Association is encouraging Americans to Eat Smart during the month of November. Our National Eating Healthy Day has been expanded to a month-long celebration. Eat Smart Month is part of our Healthy For Good™ movement encouraging people to Eat smart. Add color. Move more. Be well.
Service: American Heart Association will share daily Eat Smart tips on it’s local Twitter feed: @AHANewYorkCity
Contact: [email protected]
TCS New York City Marathon
Date: Sunday, November 5
Time: 8:30 am
Location: Course covers the Five Boroughs
Description: The TCS New York City Marathon course is a 26.2-mile block party through the world’s most diverse city, and a model for big-city marathons around the world.
Service: American Heart Association will support Team Heart & Stroke, a group of 40 runners from across the country who are running the marathon to raise funds to advance our mission.
Contact: [email protected]
Sonny Archer Foundation/Saving Our LEOs/Transit Police: CCC
Date: Wednesday, November 8
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Transit District 12-460 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY
Description: Partnering with the Sonny Archer foundation who are providing baseline blood pressures with AHA providing education and awareness to the Transit Police in their underground precincts (districts).
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
RAIN Total Care Council Meeting
Date: Wednesday, November 8
Time: 8:00am – 3:30pm
Location: 811 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York
Description: Presentation of AHA’s programs to RAIN’s Director’s Council
Contact: [email protected]
Sonny Archer Foundation/Saving Our LEOs/Transit Police: CCC
Date: Thursday, November 9
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Transit District 23-222 Beach 116th St., Rockaway Park, NY
Description: Partnering with the Sonny Archer foundation who are providing baseline blood pressures with AHA providing education & awareness to the Transit Police in their underground precincts (districts).
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
Scientific Sessions
Date: November 11 – November 15
Time: All day
Location: Anaheim, CA
Description: Scientific Sessions is the leading cardiovascular conference for basic, translational, clinical and population science.
Service: The scope and quality of the scientific programming make Scientific Sessions the premier cardiovascular research and instructional meeting in the world with over 1,000 invited speakers of the world’s top leaders in the areas of cardiovascular disease.
Contact: [email protected]
Manhattan Food, Fitness and Faith Summit
Date: Tuesday, November 14
Time: 8:30am to 3pm
Location: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Office Building, 163 West 125th Street New York, NY
Description: Health and Spirituality Summit hosted by the Office of Faith-Based Initiatives, Bronx Neighborhood Health Action Center, and Borough of Manhattan Multi-Faith Advisory Group
Service: Information provided will include High Blood Pressure, Stroke, and Cardiovascular Health.
Contact: [email protected]
Sonny Archer Foundation/Saving Our LEOs/Transit Police: CCC
Date: Tuesday, November 14
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Transit District 11-161 St./River Avenue, Bronx, NY
Description: Partnering with the Sonny Archer foundation who are providing baseline blood pressures with AHA providing education & awareness to the Transit Police in their underground precincts (districts).
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
Let’s Face Sickle Cell Health Forum
Date: Wednesday, November 15
Time: 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Location: 235 E. 42nd Street, NY, NY
Description: Tabling during sickle cell organization event
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
Sonny Archer Foundation/Saving Our LEOs/Transit Police: CCC
Date: Thursday, November 16
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Patrol Borough Brooklyn North (PBBN)-179 Wilson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Description: Partnering with the Sonny Archer foundation who are providing baseline blood pressures with AHA providing education & awareness to the Transit Police in their underground precincts (districts).
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
Dyckman Basketball & High School of Excellence & Innovation CPR Fair
Date: Sunday, November 19
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: 650 Academy St, NY NY
Description: Community family event to highlight CPR
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
Sonny Archer Foundation/Saving Our LEOs/Transit Police: CCC
Date: Tuesday, November 28
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: District 3-W. 145th/St. Nicholas Avenue, NY, NY 10030
Description: Partnering with the Sonny Archer foundation who are providing baseline blood pressures with AHA providing education & awareness to the Transit Police in their underground precincts (districts).
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
Sonny Archer Foundation/Saving Our LEOs/Transit Police: CCC
Date: Thursday, November 30
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Transit District 30-30 Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Description: Partnering with the Sonny Archer foundation who are providing baseline blood pressures with AHA providing education & awareness to the Transit Police in their underground precincts (districts).
Service: AHA will provide information/enrollment on Check. Change. Control., Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) demonstrations, and information about reducing sodium in your diet.
Contact: [email protected]
For more information about the American Heart Association’s service in the NYC community, please contact Diego Ortiz Quintero at [email protected] or via telephone at 212-878-5903.