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Hadassah celebrates its successful
Every Beat Counts program.
T
his month, Hadassah celebrates
two years of its successful Every
Beat Counts: Hadassah's Heart
Health Program, which has reached more
than 10,000 women with educational
events nationwide since starting in 2013.
More than 150 Hadassah chapters
across the country have held Every Beat
Counts events, and key cardiologists
have praised the program as easy-to-use,
comprehensive and essential for helping
women take control of their health.
Hadassah chapters across the country
have embraced the program and made
it their own, creating a wide range of
events: walkathons, education confer-
ences, supermarket scavenger hunts,
Zumba classes, CPR training, galas and
luncheons.
"Heart disease is the No. 1 killer of
women in this country, but 82 percent
of it is preventable, and education is a
vital component of that prevention,"
said Marcie Natan, national Hadassah
president. "We're elated at the success this
program has seen in reaching so many
women in so many different areas of the
country:'
One of Every Beat Counts' most suc-
cessful related initiatives is its walking
challenge, Every Step Counts: Hadassah's
Walking Program, launched this January
to help women prevent heart disease by
increasing their daily exercise.
Running from before Passover (April
1) to Sukkot (Sept. 27), two of Judaism's
pilgrimage holidays, Every Step Counts
enrolls more than 1,000 women nation-
wide to wear pedometers and track their
steps online while travelling a virtual
route from the Hadassah headquarters
in New York to the Hadassah Medical
Organization in Jerusalem.
Together, these walkers have logged
450,000 miles total since April, with the
top five walkers logging thousands of
miles each.
"Since the majority of heart disease
is preventable, we wanted to create an
initiative to target one of the best ways to
improve heart health — exercise said
Ellen Hershkin, coordinator of program-
ming, advocacy, Zionism and education
(PRAZE) at Hadassah. "In the first two
months, the average walker added one-
third of a mile to her/his daily walking,
and over two-thirds of our participants
are on track to finish the virtual walk to
Jerusalem. Our walkers range from age
18 to over the age of 75, and we couldn't
be happier to see the increase in heart-
healthy activity that this program pro-
motes:'
Linda Barbanel Weiss, a grandmother
of three from St. Petersburg, Fla., who
has walked several thousand miles, is the
program's top walker.
"I'm very proud to have reached
the finish line of this virtual walk to
Jerusalem by actually being in Jerusalem
at the War she said. "Once I knew I
would be going to Israel for a wedding, I
picked up my steps significantly in order
to finish this way. This program has been
great for my health and has given me a
fun goal to work toward:'
In addition to the success of the Every
Step Counts challenge, Every Beat Counts
programming has had tangible impacts in
events across the country:
• On May 28, the Heart Throbbing
Woman's Heart Health Symposium was
presented by Hadassah Greater Detroit
at the Birmingham Community House.
Keynote speakers stressed the importance
of getting an annual physical exam, moni-
toring cholesterol levels, walking at least
30 minutes several days each week, eating
a heart-healthy diet and calling 911 right
away when you experience heart attack
symptoms; 120 women participated.
• In Kalamazoo, two annual walk-
athons garnered more than 120 partici-
pants.
• In Atlanta, one informative event
designed to teach whole families about
heart health drew 1,100 people, despite
pouring rain on the day of the outdoor
event.
• In Boston, a pediatrician and nutri-
tionist taught mothers to find heart-
healthy food in a fun supermarket scav-
enger hunt
• In Los Angeles, a Women's Wellness
Day, featuring Dr. C. Noel Bairey Merz,
director of the Barbra Streisand Women's
Heart Center at Cedars-Sinai, reached
more than 250 people and garnered con-
siderable local press.
• In Diablo Valley, Calif., six physicians
and chefs taught 135 attendees about
heart health and healthy eating.
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Rose had a special relationship
with her soon-to-be-married
great-niece. Attending the
wedding was on her bucket
list but she was afraid if
she went she would be a
burden to her family. That's
when Professional Parent
Care stepped in to ensure
Rose could watch her great-
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niece walk down the aisle. A
with Sandy Linden
personal companion from PPC
accompanied Rose on the plane, checked her into her
hotel and went to the wedding with her. The family got to
enjoy Rose's presence without worry — knowing she was
in good hands with her own 'personal valet.' Rose had a
great time celebrating the wedding.
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