Wellington Makes Strides at 2015 Palm Beach County Heart Walk
Wellington employees accepted the challenge to help fight heart disease and stroke at this year’s Palm Beach County Heart Walk. The Wellington team raised more than $3,000 toward the promotion of the American Heart Associations’ mission of building healthier lives free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke — the nation’s No.1 and No.5 killers. A few writers for AroundWellington.com joined the Village of Wellington team this year too.
The walk took place in downtown West Palm Beach, where more than 2,000 walkers, donors, and volunteers helped bring awareness to this cause. Wellington team members also learned how to save lives through hands-only CPR training led by Palm Beach County Fire Rescue.
“This is one of my favorite events because people are actually walking the talk,” said Wellington Councilman John Greene, a passionate advocate for the walk. “We talk about getting active and improving our heart health, and this is the event where we actually do that while raising funds at the same time.”
The American Heart Association hosts more than 300 Heart Walk events across the country, with hopes of improving the cardiovascular health of Americans by 20 percent, while reducing deaths from cardiovascular disease and stroke by 20 percent by 2020. For more information on AHA, visit http://heart.org/HEARTORG/.
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