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Alpha Phi Donates More Than $14,000 to the RMH Heart Check Program
By rhildebrand @ 9:06 AM :: 623 Views :: Syndicated Articles
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Contact: Debra Thompson
Director, RMH Corporate Communications
540-564-5886
The Alpha Phi sorority of James Madison University
has raised $14,235 for RMH Womens Heart Check
through fundraising events including a 5K and Red
Dress gala. These funds will be used to offer free
educational heart health screenings to women
served by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic
and the Harrisonburg Community Health Center
(HCHC). Pictured, from left, are Julie Alderfer-
Stauffer, Women's Health Focus clinical educator;
Cory Davies, RMH Foundation development officer;
Alpha Phi officers Elly Hart, Hunter Arey, Stephanie
Tan (president) and Emily Lindamood; Jamie Marra,
wife of RMH cardiothoracic surgeon Steven Marra, MD;
and Maria Hostetter, RMH Heart Check navigator.
Alpha Phi has raised a total of nearly $30,000 for
RMH Heart Check through its annual fundraisers
since 2006. |
The Alpha Phi sorority of James Madison University has raised $14,235 to provide free heart health screenings to patients of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Free Clinic and the Harrisonburg Community Health Center (HCHC) through RMH Heart Check.
Both health centers serve a low-income population at high risk for heart disease. Heart Check is a heart health screening and education program that assesses a person’s risk for coronary artery disease, the most common form of heart disease today and the number one cause of death among adults in America.
“The RMH Heart Check program is a unique educational service that has served nearly 800 women and 150 men since its start in 2006,” said Maria Hostetter, R.N., RMH Heart Check navigator. “With the outstanding support of the Alpha Phi Sorority of JMU, we will be able to provide, at no cost, heart health screenings in English and Spanish to women served by the Free Clinic and Community Health Center.”
The sorority raised the money through a week of events in February, including a 5K race and a Red Dress gala (part of the American Heart Association’s national campaign for women’s heart health awareness). Through its annual Cardiac Care Award, the Alpha Phi Foundation helps fund research and education programs that support women’s cardiac health.
The Alpha Phi Sorority has raised a total of nearly $30,000 for RMH Heart Check through its annual fundraisers since 2006. The funds are deposited into the RMH Heart Fund, which is managed through the RMH Foundation. For information on how to contribute to this fund, contact Hostetter at (540) 433-4319.
For more information on the HeartCheck program and how to make an appointment, call (800) 433-4580 or visit the HeartCheck Web site.
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