Go Red For Women This August

Feel the beat Aug. 30 as the American Heart Association hosts the annual Omaha Go Red For Women Expo (OmahaGoRedForWomen.org) locally sponsored by Methodist Health System with media sponsors KMTV Action 3 News, Star 104.5 and metroMAGAZINE. The event, chaired by Union Pacific’s Diane Duren, is at the Embassy Suites in La Vista.

The Expo begins at 4:30 p.m. with an electronic silent auction, health fair and educational hot topic sessions by chefs Ben Jordan and Justin Beller, personal trainer and group fitness instructor Sasha Day and aerials instructor Lyndi Rongisch.

The night continues with a plated dinner, a live auction and an inspiring survivor story, this year highlighting Papillion’s Tamsen Butler, who had a stroke in 2015.

Individual tickets and tables are available now at OmahaGoRedForWomen.org. Event sponsorships are also available.

Proceeds benefit the lifesaving mission of the American Heart Association. Last year, the Association invested nearly $2.4 million in 14 new and continuing studies in Nebraska alone.

The Go Red For Women Expo is a part of the American Heart Association’s national movement, sponsored by Macy’s, to end heart disease and stroke in women.

Approximately 90-percent of women have one or more risk factors for developing heart disease but many are unaware. Risk factors include high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes, physical inactivity, obesity and tobacco use.

The Expo aims to raise awareness and change the startling statistics. Heart disease kills more women than all types of cancer combined.

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