Go Red for Women!
Make it your Mission to Fight Heart Disease in Women
February 8 · 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Spokane Convention Center
Sponsored by the American Heart Association and Providence Sacred Heart and Holy Family hospitals, the ninth annual Go Red for Women luncheon is an inspirational event that helps empower and educate women about their risk for heart disease and stroke.
Activities will include a silent auction, informative breakout sessions and, of course, a heart-healthy lunch! You’ll also meet Julie Clark — America's favorite coffee break companion.
Julie is the author of a new book, “Inspirational Coffee Breaks for Women: 12 Ground Rules for Pouring Your Heart into Life.” It's a true dose of encouragement for the soul and was recently named a finalist in the Best Books 2010 Awards from USA Book News.
You will learn how to live a heart healthy life, and your $100 ticket will help support the American Heart Association.
This event has sold out early each year; don‘t wait too long purchase your tickets!
Breakout Sessions
• Spiders, veins and bumps – oh my!
10 - 10:30 a.m.
Sandy Tidwell, RN, MN, ARNP - Providence Inland Vascular Institute Visit Website »
“Isn't it normal for my legs to be tired at the end of a long day?” “Are spider veins bad for my health?” “Aren't varicose veins just about vanity?” Come join us for an interactive session that will answer these questions and more.
- Learn the latest on spider and vein treatments.
- Get tips on keeping on good vein health for a lifetime.
- See new options for leg wear.
Bonus! Get a FREE vein screening.
• Heartfelt breathing
10 - 10:30 a.m.
Larkin Barnett, BA, MA, Pilates-based physical therapist - Spokane Athletic Club
Also featuring Dr. Gregory Loewen, Pulmonary Oncologist, Providence Medical Group (via video), “Change Your Life One Conscious Breath at a Time”
Learn empowering exercises that provide an instant vacation from stress for heart health. Practice centering tools that can be integrated into errands, chores, work, fitness, sport, physical therapy or traveling. The benefits include turning back the physiological clock, boosting our immune system, increasing energy, strengthening our core and relaxing body and mind!
Larkin will give you life-transforming tools that help “hit our body’s reset button” for longer interludes of mental peace, emotional resilience and physical stamina.
Bonus! Enter to win a galley copy of Larkin’s soon-to-be published book, “Practical Centering.” Learn more »
• Get to know CPR and AED – it’s really not a mystery!
10:35 - 11:05 a.m.
Ryan Schaefer, RN, Electrophysiology Coordinator - Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center & Children’s Hospital, and Doug Dodson, Lieutenant - Spokane Fire Department #1
When it comes to an emergency, it's far better to do something than nothing at all. If you're fearful that your CPR and AED knowledge isn’t 100% complete, watch Ryan and Doug demonstrate both. Remember, the difference between doing something and doing nothing could be someone's life!
Bonus! When you attend this session, you will be entered to win a Family & Friends CPR Anytime Kit, courtesy of American Heart Association.
• Aging or decaying?
Scientific insights to help get you off of the couch and into the gym
10:35 - 11:05 a.m.
Susan Alexander, MD, FACC - Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Medicine
Providence Spokane Cardiology Visit website »
We all age … hair goes gray, wrinkles form and gravity is no longer a physics concept. But most of the maladies associated with aging; weight gain, sore joints, fatigue, depression, are the result of a different process: decay.
Aging is not optional, but decay is! Based on the book "Younger Next Year," Dr Alexander will explore the science behind the process of physical decay and how exercise impacts your physiology to stem or reverse that process. Understanding these concepts has been a powerful motivator for many of her patients (not to mention her husband!).
You will leave with a new appreciation of how simple exercise can improve the quality of your current, and future life!