Go Red and Get Fed!
Friday February 5th is ‘National Wear Red Day“, the American Heart Associations (AHA) drive to bring about more heart disease awareness.
While most people might think breast cancer is the leading killer of women in the U.S., in actuality, heart disease is.
Supporting this cause is very important to me personally, as heart disease runs rampant in my family.
My beloved grandmother died from heart disease and my mom has had a heart attack, and numerous coronary angiograms and angioplasty and stent procedures and suffers from many other health complications due to heart disease.
I too am at serious risk for heart disease due to my cholesterol levels {as somewhat evidenced by the Xanthelasma around my eyes.
High cholesterol is one of the major causes of heart disease.
Here is a very simplified explanation of why from WebMD.
When there is too much cholesterol in your blood, it builds up in the walls of your arteries, causing a process called atherosclerosis, a form of heart disease. The arteries become narrowed and blood flow to the heart muscle is slowed down or blocked. The blood carries oxygen to the heart, and if enough blood and oxygen cannot reach your heart, you may suffer chest pain. If the blood supply to a portion of the heart is completely cut off by a blockage, the result is a heart attack.
While there are AHA events scheduled all over the country thru-out the year, Wear Red Day is one of their big promotion days.
There are a lot of fun ways that you can join in on the cause with your family or even with your coworkers.
The AHA has also once again partnered with Macy’s and from February 3rd–7th, get an extra 10- 20% off during The Wear Red Sale.
To save online, use promo code: WEARRED
To save in-store: Wear red or use your Macy’s card and/or purchase a Red Dress Pin for $2 to get the extra savings. {Macy’s will donate all Red Dress Pin proceeds to American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement.}.
{see their website for all the details and exclusions}
So pull out that red dress, top, scarf, jacket, tie, pin, gloves, boots, socks, undies, whatever and mention the cause to everyone that you know and hit Macy’s up to save as a little reward.
Or EVEN BETTER…pull out that credit/debit card and make a minimum donation of $25 via MY DONATION PAGE and as a thank you, I will send you a $25 restaurant.com gift certificate.
Now how could you refuse an offer like that?