Bowie/Mitchellville Kappas host “Power to End Stroke” Walk-a-thon

| Apr 05, 2010 | Comments 1

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The members of Bowie/Mitchellville (MD) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated are celebrating six years of existence and services rendered to supporting programs of community service, social welfare and scholastic achievement. The chapter will be holding a walk-a-thon, as a fundraiser, and will be donating all proceeds from the walk-a-thon to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s “Power To End Stroke” campaign.

The walk-a-thon will be held at the Glenn Dale Community Center, located at 11901 Glenn Dale Blvd, Glenn Dale, MD 20769 on Saturday, May 1, 2010. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. and the walk commences at 9:00 a.m. Registration is just $25 for adults (ages 26 and up) and $15 for youth (ages 25 and under). To register online, go tohttp://bmackapsi.dojiggy.com by April 29th.

This community service project is simply about community outreach and giving back in a beneficial and productive manner on behalf of the fraternity. Also, the fraternity is dedicated to recognizing the exemplary deeds of other notable organizations who share the same common cause and purpose. PTES was created in 2006 by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association to help reach the ASA mission to reduce stroke and risk of stroke by 25% by 2010. It was also meant to raise critical awareness within the African American population. Heart disease and stroke are major health risks for all people, but African Americans are at particularly high risk.

The Bowie/Mitchellville (MD) Alumni Chapter is taking a proactive stance on this health issue in Prince George’s county, recognizing the following must be confronted head on to benefit mankind: (1) Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 3 causes of death for blacks; (2) Cardiovascular (heart and blood vessel) diseases claim the lives of over 96,000 blacks each year. In fact, they account for 33 percent of all deaths among blacks in the United States; and (3) Risk factors such as high blood pressure tend to develop much earlier in life and be much more severe in blacks. The prevalence of high blood pressure in African Americans in the United States is the highest in the world.

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  • http://startlowcountrysc.org/ jen garry

    You are invited to join us in the fight against Heart Disease & Stroke:
    2010 Start! Lowcountry Heart Walk
    Saturday, September 25, 2010
    Activities begin @ 8:00AM, Walk begins @ 9:00AM
    Liberty Square, 340 Concord Street, next to the SC Aquarium
    3.3 mile walk

    The walk route will be as follows:
    From Liberty Square, walk straight on Concord Street turn RIGHT on Laurens Street. Turn LEFT on Washington Street. Follow Washington/ Concord Streets to Vendue Range, up to East Bay Street. Make a LEFT on East Bay Street. Follow East Bay Street along the Battery to Murray Boulevard, turn RIGHT on King Street and RIGHT on South Battery Street. Turn LEFT on East Bay Street, Turn RIGHT on Vendue Range which turns into Concord/ Washington Street at curve, turn RIGHT on Laurens Street and left on Concord Street, then RIGHT on to Inspection. Walk along the sidewalk to the Maritime Center. Take a LEFT on Harbor Walk sidewalk, which brings you directly to the Finish Line and back to Liberty Square.

    Mission:
    The American Heart Association’s mission is to build healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease and stroke. The AHA has set a 2020 impact goal to improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20%.

    How can you participate?
    Unfortunately, too many of us have a loved one affected by heart disease or stroke. As the leading cause of death in this country, cardiovascular disease claims almost as many lives each year as the next 7 leading causes of death combined. MUSC Health is committed to having a strong Heart Walk Team and being the top fundraising company again this year. We need your help!

    I have created a team for the Stroke Center- “The Hearty Vessels” and I want to invite you to join us. Join the team if you like and help raise $ or You can also just walk and exercise with us- no donation is necessary!!!
    Participation is key!

    To join our team you register online by following the steps listed below. You can use the online fund-raising tool to email your friends, family and colleagues to ask them to support our team and our cause! The more people we have working to defeat heart disease and stroke-the better, so please join me today!

    Steps to Join the our Heart Walk Team:
    1. Go to http://www.startlowcountrysc.org
    2. Click on the red “Register” button
    3. Click on “Join Team”
    4. Choose from the company drop down menu – “MUSC – UMA” and click select
    5. Find the team called “UMA – The Hearty Vessels”
    6. Click “Join Team”
    7. Complete the registration process

    Any ques: garryj@musc.edu or 843- 792-9796
    Jen Garry Research Stroke Nurse Coordinator

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