There are so many reasons to walk and to support the American Heart Association! My most important reasons are people who mean a lot to me. I lost my Aunt Linda 12 years ago due to heart disease related to Diabetes. She was way too young, only in her 50's, and I don't want anyone else to go through that shock and pain! My cousin, who is more like my sister, has to go through life without her mom. My grandpa (Gramp) was with me until he was 92 (I lost him in 2019), because he was able to receive quadruple bi-pass surgery to keep his heart healthy! My Walgreen's family lost a dear friend, Brian Boyce, in the summer of 2021 from a heart attack. None of us saw it coming, and our hearts our broken. My brother-in-law, Jon, had a heart attack in 2021 at the age of only 42. He had quintuple bypass surgery and thankfully is doing really well today!
Raising awareness of the importance of heart health and enabling more research and advances in technology are also incredibly important to me. So please join my team and help contribute to healthy hearts!!
