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Go Red kicks off Heart Month in Dover

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Gathered for a photo early in the event are (l-r) Co-chair Kathy Kennedy-Ratajack, Delaware American Heart Association Executive Director David Morris and event Chair Delaware Department of Transportation Secretary Jennifer Cohan.
Steven Billups
February 10, 2018
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Health screenings were performed by several nurses from Maxim Health Care. Shown is Dale Morgan, left, from Lincoln getting her blood pressure checked by Marie Brazones, R.N.
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The silent auction tables stay busy prior to the lunch.
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Keynote speaker Shanté Hastings is employed by DelDOT and is responsible for the implementation of the department’s performance management initiative, and Project Pipeline and Policy Implementation Process. She told of her family’s history of heart disease. Hastings also spoke about Go Red’s STEM Goes Red initiative, to be launched in 2019, encouraging young women to change the health of this state through careers in science, technology, engineering and math.
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During the fashion show, keynote speaker Shanté Hastings walks the runway with her daughters Lily, left, and Maya.
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Michaela Jeanette Rose walks the runway in a full-length dress from Dell Scott Designs.
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Ivy-Lynn Sia was the chair of the fashion show. Sia is a realtor in Dover, born with a ventricular septal defect, and knows the importance of heart health.
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Modeling another Dell Scott Designs is Alex Billups from Magnolia.

The 15th Annual Southern Delaware Go Red for Women Luncheon was held at Dover Downs Feb. 2, with the theme Unmask Your Potential. 

The event featured lunch, silent auction, health screenings, inspiring speakers, vendors and live entertainment. Heart disease and stroke kill one in three women - more than all cancers combined.  Fortunately, with education and commitment to lifestyle changes, 80 percent of cardiac events can be prevented, saving millions of lives.

The Go Red For Women movement works to empower women to know their numbers and to take control of their hearth health. More than 670,000 women’s lives have been saved thanks to the efforts of the GRFW movement, which began 14 years ago, but the fight to educate women about healthy lifestyle changes is far from over! 

Women who Go Red live healthier lives.

 

 

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