My name is Stella Saffar, and I am proud to serve as the Chairperson of the Nursing Assistant Practice Council at Henry Ford Macomb Hospital! As a frontline caregiver, I see every day how critical early intervention and CPR awareness truly are.

I also walk for a personal reason. I have a right bundle branch block, and heart health is not just something I care for professionally — it is something I carry personally.

Nine out of ten people who suffer cardiac arrest outside the hospital do not survive. In many of those cases, bystander CPR was not performed. That statistic is powerful — and it is preventable.

Cardiac arrests happen at work, in homes, on athletic fields, and in neighborhoods everywhere. Community readiness can be the difference between life and death.

That is why I walk.

Every dollar donated helps train more people in lifesaving CPR, supports critical research, and creates more opportunities for survival and recovery.

I walk to save lives — and I invite you to stand with me.

Help me reach my fundraising goal today. Together, we can turn bystanders into lifesavers.