Annual Go Red For Women Luncheon Saving Lives of WNY Women for More Than a Decade

BUFFALO, NY – The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement has been impacting the health of women for over a decade. More than 627,000 women’s lives have been saved, but the fight is far from over. The Buffalo Niagara Division of the American Heart Association (AHA) is pleased to announce the annual Go Red For Women Luncheon will take place on Thursday, February 13, 2014 at the Buffalo Marriott in Amherst.

Presented by Catholic Health and co-chaired by M&T Bank’s John Walp, and wife Laurie, the luncheon brings nearly 300 local business women together to raise their voices about this silent killer that takes the lives of one in three Western New York women. Mr. & Mrs. Walp are leading the organization’s appeal to the local business community to support the American Heart Association’s mission to build healthier lives, free from cardiovascular diseases and stroke by joining the Go Red movement.

“Catholic Health is committed to women’s health and the reality is more women are dying of heart disease than any other illness,” says Jason Jankowiak, Vice President of Cardiovascular Services at Catholic Health and Chair-elect of the American Heart Association’s Buffalo Niagara advisory board. “That’s why organizationally, the Go Red For Women movement is so important in changing the trends.”

The vendor fair begins at 10:30 a.m. where guests will be pampered with spa treatments, cooking and exercise demonstrations, and health screenings. The luncheon begins at noon and will be hosted by WKBW’s Joanna Pasceri. Twelve local survivors will be honored and featured in a survivor gallery and the 3rd annual Heroine of the Heart will be announced and presented.

Guests will hear a young woman’s amazing story of survival and triumph after beating heart failure and receiving a heart transplant at the young age of 25. After lunch, the audience will be privy to some amazing breakthroughs happening right in Western New York by UB’s Vice Chair for Research, Dr. Glenna Bett.

Tables and tickets are available and can be purchased by calling the American Heart Association at 614-1987 or www.heart.org/buffalo. Sponsorship opportunities are also available. The American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women movement is nationally sponsored by Macy’s and locally sponsored by Catholic Health and WKBW-TV. The Luncheon is sponsored by M & T Bank and the Buffalo News.