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LEWISTON — The Central Maine Heart Walk, which raises money for the American Heart Association, is scheduled for Sunday, April 28 at at Simard-Payne Park.
The event features a one-mile walk (with longer options available), healthy snacks and family activities.
The event will begin with a kick-off at 8:30 a.m., hosted by Channel 8 WMTW’s Tracy Sabol and WPOR FM’s Courtney Ross. Activities will include hands-only CPR demonstrations, a survivor speaker, heart disease and stroke prevention information and educational exhibits aimed at inspiring people to improve their health.
The Heart Walk’s executive leadership committee has set a goal to raise $150,000 through corporate donations and walk teams. The volunteer committee includes Beckie Swanson Conrad of the Lewiston Auburn Chamber of Commerce, Jeff Garrison of Central Maine Healthcare, Valerie Marshall of L.L. Bean, Niki Morton of Casco Bay Food and Beverage and Amy Kivus-Rouleau of Spectrum Healthcare Partners.
Money raised at the Heart Walk will fund innovative research, fight for stronger public health policies and provide lifesaving tools and information to prevent and treat heart disease and stroke. The association is the world’s leading voluntary organization focused on heart and brain health and it funds more than $1.3 million in cardiovascular research at Maine institutions, according to a news release.
An additional local association volunteers include Dr. Dervilla McCann, chief of population ealth and vice president of provider affairs with Central Maine HealthCare, who serves as the association’s Board president for Maine. Also volunteering is Kristine Chaisson, director of perioperative and invasive ardiovascular services at Central Maine Medical Center, and a new member of the association’s Maine Board of Directors.
For more information and to register online, visit CENTRALMAINEHEARTWALK.ORG or contact Shelly Afthim at 207-289-2384 or Shelly.Afthim@heart.org.
PHOTO: Last year’s Central Maine Heart Walk starting line. (Submitted photo)
