American Heart Association - Contact Summary (TL)

The following is a contact summary provided by Tyler Lindquist after meeting the representatives from the American Heart Association.

Contacts: Sueling Schardin and Barbara Ducharme
Sueling Chan Schardin, MPH, RD
Director, State Health Alliance
American Heart Association, Midwest Affiliate
4701 W. 77th Street, Edina, MN 55435 - Tel.: (952) 278-7917 - sueling.schardin@heart.org

Project Management (Opportunities):
-- Create a viral email campaign that encourages women to sign up for the Go Red for Women movement in February
-- Create a viral email campaign that encourages people to sign up for Power To End Stroke in May
-- Create and manage a Go Red event on Wear Red Day. Can use our props.
-- Find a youth group with whom to partner and create an event to publicize the messaging
-- AHA-KMOJ Power To End Stroke Awareness Event – most likely in May, planning starts in January
-- Power To End Stroke Awareness at Juneteenth – June 14, 2008, booth w/ activities and sponsor segment on one of the stages, planning starts in January
-- Search Your Heart / Conozca Su Corazon program planning around heart disease and stroke (www.americanheart.org/searchyourheart)
Volunteer Opportunities:
-- Stop/Go Girls and Guys in both downtowns and selected malls the last week of January
-- SUPERVALU promotion volunteers in February, other Go Red and Power To End Stroke opportunities
-- Advocacy volunteers at HOTH in March
-- Heart Walk volunteers in April
-- Power To End Stroke event activities volunteers in May
-- World Wide Day of Play volunteers in September
-- Autumn Go Red event volunteers in October
-- Power To End Stroke and/or Search Your Heart activities in November
-- Hugo Challenge activities in December

Tyler reported that both Sueling and Barbara seemed very open and excited about this opportunity.