NATIONAL COALITION FOR WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE INC
1100 17TH STREET NO 500, WASHINGTON, DC 20036 www.womenheart.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: OVERALL, WOMENHEART'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN LIVING WITH OR AT RISK OF HEART DISEASE AND TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR BENEFIT. THIS IS DONE THROUGH SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY, WHILE BUILDING AND MAINTAINING A NATIONAL NETWORK OF TRAINED WOMEN HEART PATIENTS TO HOST LOCAL SUPPORT GROUPS AND TO RAISE AWARENESS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES ABOUT HEART DISEASE, THE #1 KILLER OF WOMEN.

TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF WOMEN LIVING WITH OR AT RISK OF HEART DISEASE.

COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND OUTREACH:WOMENHEART'S NATIONAL SCIENCE AND LEADERSHIP PROGRAM BRINGS PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TO A CAREFULLY SELECTED GROUP OF WOMEN LIVING WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, PREPARING THEM TO BECOME WOMENHEART CHAMPIONS. THESE DEDICATED VOLUNTEER LEADERS SHARE A PASSION FOR RAISING AWARENESS OF THE UNIQUE EFFECTS OF HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN. THEY REACH OUT TO MEDIA, POLICY MAKERS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND OTHER WOMEN BRINGING THEIR NEWLY ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL STORIES TO IMPROVE HEART HEALTH FOR ALL WOMEN. WOMENHEART CHAMPIONS CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES TARGETING WOMEN AT-RISK AND WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE TO PROMOTE AWARENESS AND SHARE INFORMATION IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WOMENHEART DISSEMINATES APPROXIMATELY 80,000 RED BAGS OF COURAGE AND PARA LA MUJER HISPANA RED BAGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, AND CONTINUES TO INCREASE ITS OUTREACH TO AFRICAN-AMERICAN AND HISPANIC WOMEN, AS THESE COMMUNITIES ARE AT HIGHEST RISK FOR HEART DISEASE.IN 2019, WOMENHEART PROGRAMS RECEIVED NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL PRESS COVERAGE IN MULTIPLE MEDIA OUTLETS. VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE HELD WOMENHEART @ WORK PRESENTATIONS, TO RAISE HEART HEALTH AWARENESS IN THE WORKPLACE. FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C, PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS: SUCCESSFULLY LIVING WITH HEART DISEASE. THESE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN OUR SISTERMATCH, ONLINE SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND HEARTSCARVES PROGRAMS.

PATIENT EDUCATION:WOMENHEART HOSTED AND PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS MEETINGS AND EVENTS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION, ADVOCACY SKILLS AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING TO ITS PATIENT ADVOCATES, VOLUNTEERS AND LOCAL SUPPORT NETWORK LEADERS, MOST NOTABLY THE ANNUAL SCIENCE & LEADERSHIP SYMPOSIUM AT THE MAYO CLINIC. WOMENHEART CHAMPIONS AND STAFF ALSO LED EDUCATION SESSIONS AT VARIOUS REGIONAL AND NATIONAL HEALTH RELATED EVENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

CHAMPION TRAINING AND SUPPORT:WOMENHEART'S SUPPORT NETWORKS ARE LED BY OUR DEDICATED, PASSIONATE VOLUNTEERS-WOMENHEART CHAMPIONS-IN COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE. WORKING WITH A LOCAL HOSPITAL OR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, EACH SUPPORT NETWORK MEETS MONTHLY AND OFFERS WOMEN LIVING WITH HEART DISEASE A MUCH-NEEDED SENSE OF COMMUNITY, EDUCATION AND CARING, WITH FACE TO FACE SUPPORT FROM WOMEN WITH HEART DISEASE. SUPPORT NETWORK PARTICIPANTS EXPRESS APPRECIATION FOR THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION THEY LEARN, THE VALUE OF THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY ESTABLISH AND THE IMPORTANCE OF CONNECTING WITH OTHER WOMEN WHO ARE SUCCESSFULLY LIVING WITH HEART DISEASE. THESE CONNECTIONS ARE MADE THROUGH PARTICIPATING IN OUR SISTERMATCH, ONLINE SUPPORT COMMUNITY AND HEARTSCARVES PROGRAMS.

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