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29 Oct 2014

Felicia Guerrero, Ohio

As an active You’re the Cure Advocate and Physician Outreach and Marketing Liaison for the University of Toledo, Felicia Guerrero is no stranger to speaking up for improved health for Ohio’s kids and communities. So, it was no surprise that Felicia jumped at the chance to deliver “lunch” (a lunch bag of puzzle pieces representing healthy school meals) to both U.S. Representative Marcy Kaptur’s and U.S. Senator Rob Portman’s offices in support of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.

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6 Oct 2014

Youth Advocate Brett Harris Steps Up for Smoke-Free
One of our youngest advocates is making one of the biggest impacts to a community by helping to pass a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance!  Brett Harris is a middle-school student in Lubbock whose passion for a smoke-free community goes back as...
6 Oct 2014

Advocate Spotlight: Bobbie Kane
A few weekends ago I had the privilege of helping out at my first Heart Walk in Billings, Montana.  What a beautiful day and what an amazing event!  The people that gathered together to walk and raise funds (and awareness), were...
6 Oct 2014

Advocate Spotlight: Jennifer Stafford, RN Critical Care, Practicing Nurse of 30 years, CPR/First Aid instructor of 27 years
I’ve looked everywhere for it, but I can’t find it. I know it’s just got to be there—somewhere attached to her nurses uniform. Despite my inability to spot an actual red cape, I am still convinced that Jennifer Stafford is...
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6 Oct 2014

Vance Lobe - What the Affordable Care Act means for me

Guest Blogger: Vance Lobe, Heart Attack Survivor

It’s been almost one year now since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges were implemented and I thought it was time to reflect on how this has affected my life.

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30 Sep 2014

Joye Mullis

 

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29 Sep 2014

Gracie Soultanian, Massachusetts
After hearing Michael Ellsessar’s story, a 16-year-old who died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2010 after getting hit in the chest during a football game, Gracie Soultanian, then 12 now 15, decided she needed to do something. There are no...
29 Sep 2014

Deb Koziol, Rhode Island
A heart defect she’d had since birth caused Debra Koziol to go into sudden cardiac arrest.  Her husband’s CPR training—and a lifetime of keeping her heart healthy—saved her. Debra had spent her life trying to stay healthy. She exercised often...
29 Sep 2014 | Melissa Brown

Malenda McCalister, Kentucky

On October 2008, at just 30- years-old, Malenda McCalister's life changed forever as she collapsed on the living room floor after giving birth to her son just 10 days earlier. 

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8 Sep 2014

Bill Owen is a You're the Cure Advocate Extraordinaire!
Bill became an American Heart Association volunteer when he joined You’re the Cure in September 2013 after signing an online petition asking the city council members and mayor of Irving to pass a comprehensive smoke-free ordinance. Bill grew up in...