American Heart Association’s Heart Walk returns to Chattanooga
If you knew every step you took could save a life, how many steps would you take? What if every step you logged in the grocery store, every step you took across campus to class, every step you took chasing after your child, puppy, or significant other, meant someone, somewhere got a step closer to surviving?
We hope you’d be signing up for marathons because in all honesty, every step you take can benefit someone in need if you’re walking at the American Heart Association’s Heart Walk.
This Saturday, start making strides to raise funds for the American Heart Association and all the good that they do for those in need. For those who have been affected by heart disease or stroke, or have a loved one who has, you’ll understand just how crucial proper funds for research, treatment, and rehabilitation are.
Being our country’s no. 1 and no. 5 killers, we need all the help we can get to show these illnesses that we aren’t going to take them lying down. We’re walking head-on, full force into such illnesses and we will come out stronger for it on the other side.
Be one of the millions of heart walkers who are helping raise funds for advancements in research and treatment. Not only does this event promote fundraising, but this is your opportunity to be a light in the life of someone who has been affected by heart disease or stroke. Carry a torch for them, and don’t be afraid to let people know your motivation for walking.
“Remember, you can stop heart disease before it even starts. Start small. And keep it simple. Make one change today and then you’re ready to make another,” says AHA’s website.
And that being said, the Heart Walk benefits more than just those being walked for, but it also benefits those walking. This one walk could be the kick start you needed in reaching your fitness goals, maintaining a healthier lifestyle, or simply motivating you to get up and out more. Embracing a healthier lifestyle now, may prevent you from being someone benefitted by the walk later in life.
It’s almost ludicrous to even think about, but some experts, according to the American Heart Association, believe today’s children are not expected to live as long as their parents. Can you imagine that fact? It’s too difficult to bear, so let’s change it. Let’s get our kids, nieces, nephews, whoever, up and moving to keep their lives progressing in a positive, healthy direction, and while we’re at it, let’s live by example and take a shot at prolonging our own lives, shall we?
If you needed a sign, well here it is. Meet the hundreds of other heart walkers this Saturday and take the first step towards squashing heart disease.
Tennessee Valley Heart Walk
Saturday, 8:30 a.m.
AT&T Field, 201 Power Alley
tnvalleyheartwalk.kintera.org