This week is Alpha Phi's annual Heartthrob Week! It is a week dedicated to spreading heart health awareness and raising money for the Alpha Phi Foundation that benefits Women's Heart Health!
What is the Alpha Phi foundation:
Through our annual Heart to Heart Grant, the Foundation helps fund research and educational programs that support the improvement of women's heart health. The $50,000 award enables the medicalprofession to better understand gender differences in heart health and helps countless health care professionals increase their expertise in heart disease prevention and treatment in women. Through the support of these initiatives, Alpha Phi Foundation is helping millions of people live longer, richer lives.
History 101 to Alpha Phi's Foundation:
- Alpha Phi officially adopted Cardiac Care as a priority in 1946, which became the Foundation’s philanthropic priority upon its founding in 1956.
- The Foundation supports programs and research that study heart disease in women – specifically its symptoms, its treatment and its prevention.
- More women than men die of heart disease each year. Today, heart disease kills one in three women. It is the leading cause of death of American women and kills more women age 65 years and older than all cancers combined. These statistics underscore why the understanding of this disease continues to be a priority.
- Educates women about the value of heart health through collegiate and alumnae chapter Red Dress events (the red dress is the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness).
- February is the National Heart Month the first Friday of each February is "wear red day" to support heart health.
