Getting Dressed? How About Something Red This Friday

Your wardrobe selection is a little easier Friday, at least as far as the color goes.

Friday is National Wear Red Day, created by the American Heart Association in 2003 to draw attention to the No. 1 killer of women, heart disease and stroke.

Heart disease and stroke kills about one woman every 80 seconds. Fortunately, 80 percent of cardiac and stroke events may be prevented with education and action. That’s why the American Heart Association (AHA) asks men and women across the nation to wear red on National Wear Red Day. By donating to Go Red for Women, you help support educational programs to increase women’s awareness and research to learn more about cardiovascular health.

National Wear Red Day is held on the first Friday in February every year to raise awareness about heart disease. Since that first day, many strides have been made according to the American Heart Association. They include, nearly 90 percent of women have made at least one healthy behavior change; more than one-third of women has lost weight; and more than 50 percent of women have increased their exercise. Despite the progress 1 in 3 women die of heart disease and stroke each year. So when you look in closet Friday morning, go red.

The cause has also hit home at Lynnfield High School. Students will be selling bracelets, pins, and chocolate covered pretzels during all three lunches on Friday. And if you don't have one yet, Mary Homan will have there dress pins and bracelets available in her office all week for purchase. All donations from the sale of pins and bracelets will go to the American Heart Association.