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<\/a>It is a time to celebrate women and empower them to\u00a0improve their heart health. At the Luncheon, hundreds of women will be able to get health screenings, learn lifesaving information, attend an interactive expo, and much\u00a0more.<\/p>\nThis year\u2019s luncheon will recognize the first-ever Go Red Survivor Class in Utica,\u00a0featuring eight local women who are survivors of heart disease and stroke. Survivor\u00a0Class member Ondrea Grippe-Getz, along her mother Donna Grippe, will share\u00a0their family\u2019s story.<\/p>\n
Other highlights include a keynote address on stress and the heart from Dr. Joanne\u00a0Joseph, of SUNY Polytechnic Institute, and an appearance by Miss New York\u00a0Earth United States 2016 Corrin Stellakis of Bridgeport.<\/p>\n
Where: Daniele\u2019s Banquet Specialists,\u00a08360 Seneca Turnpike,\u00a0New Hartford<\/p>\n
When: Wednesday, May 4.\u00a0Interactive Vendor Fair starts at 10 a.m.\u00a0Luncheon program runs from noon to 1:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Why:<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 More women die of heart disease than all forms of cancer combined.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 1 in 3 American women die of heart disease and stroke, compared to 1 in 30 women who die of breast cancer.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Ninety percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease.<\/p>\n
\uf0b7 Eighty percent of cardiac events in women may be prevented if they make the right\u00a0choices for their hearts, involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking.<\/p>\n
Go Red For Women is nationally sponsored by Macys, and locally sponsored by presenting sponsor First\u00a0Source Federal Credit Union, and additional sponsors Utica National Insurance Group; Delmonico\u2019s\u00a0Italian Steakhouse; M&T Bank; Adirondack Bank; Olivari Olive Oil; Belen Dental; Excellus BlueCross\u00a0BlueShield; Gilroy, Kernan & Gilroy Insurance; Express Employment Professionals; Brindisi, Murad, Brindisi, & Pearlman; AmeriCU Credit Union; The Arc, Oneida-Lewis Chapter; Par Technology; Revere\u00a0Copper Products, Inc.; and media sponsors Lite 98.7 and New York Sash.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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