Because a woman's heart is different

Please join us at

a free public event for women

Woman's Heart Day

Friday, February 23
at the MCI Center

601 F Street NW
Downtown Washington

 

Paul Berry, Master of Ceremonies

               

opening ceremony

8:00 a.m. Mayor and Mrs. Anthony Williams

Tommy G. Thompson, Health & Human Services Secretary (Invited)

 

free heart screenings – continuously, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Blood-pressure checks
                 Cholesterol checks
                 Blood-glucose screenings


panel discussions

9:15 a.m. Heart Disease Awareness:
Because Awareness is the Heart of the Matter

Claude Lenfant M.D., Director
      National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
      National Institutes of Health
Sharonne N. Hayes, M.D., Director
      Mayo Clinic Women's Heart Clinic
Nancy Loving, Executive Director
      WomenHeart: The National Coalition
      for Women with Heart Disease
Patricia Davidson, M.D.

 
10:15 a.m.

 

 

 

Stress:
Because Women Have to Do It All

Esther Sternberg, MD., Director
      Intramural Neural-Immune Program
      and Chief, SNIB
      National Institute of Mental Health
Puryear Keita, Ph.D., Director
      Women's Program Office
      American Psychological Association

 
11:30 a.m.

 

 

 

Fitness:
Because Who Has Time to Exercise?

Lynda Carter
      Actress
Nikki McCray
      Washington Mystics and
      Olympic Gold Medallist

 
1:00 p.m.

 

 

 

Nutrition:
It Take More than Willpower: Healthy Eating on the Run

Margo Wootan, Director
      Center for Science in the Public Interest
Tracy Fox, M.P.H., R.D.
      Food and Nutrition Policy Consultant, LLC

               

drawings

10:00 a.m. Neiman Marcus Gift Certificate $400; AMTRAK: 2 roundtrip tickets from Washington, D.C. to New York City; Signed Wizards Basketball

 
11:20 a.m.   Weekend for Two Willard Hotel; Henry Dunay Pin; Signed Mystics Basketball; Angela Cummings Watch; US Airways two Coach tickets within continental US

 
12:20 p.m.   Luxury Car Rental-Six Months-Standard Leasing; Tea for Four Mayflower Hotel; 5 $100 Hecht's Gift Certificates; Signed Wizards Basketball; US Airways two First class tickets within continental US

 
1:50 p.m.

Alaska Cruise for Two; Elsa Peretti Crystal Hearts from Tiffany & Co.; Signed Mystics Basketball; US Airways two Envoy Class European tickets

               

live broadcast

8:00 a.m.
1:45 p.m.		 If you are unable to attend Woman's Heart Day, the opening ceremony and the panel discussions will be webcasted live by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

Click here between 8:00 a.m. - 1:45 p.m. on Friday, February 23rd to see the opening ceremony and panel discussions live from the MCI Center.  

               

demos

11:00 a.m. Annandale Terrace Elementary School Jump Rope Demonstration Team, American Heart Association

               

activities

Throughout the day
Jazzercise
The Sports Club/LA
BET's Heart & Soul -Mocha Lee
Cooking by:
      Galileo Restaurant
      Vidalia Restaurant
      Giant Food
National Rehabilitation Hospital

 

     Because a woman's heart is different