Go Red for Women 2011
February 4 is National Wear Red Day 2011. Everyone is invited to join today’s Go Red for Women 2011 event to raise awareness about heart disease in women.
Despite the common belief that women are “protected” from heart disease by their hormones, at least through menopause, statistics show that cardiovascular disease is the No. 1 killer of women 20 years and older at a rate of one woman every minute. In fact, more women die of heart disease than the next four causes of death combined, including cancer. Additionally, since 1984, more women have died of heart disease than men, and 267,000 women die each year from heart attacks, according to the Women’s Heart Foundation.
How to support:
Macy’s will give a 20 percent discount on a wide selection of merchandise (or a 10 percent discount on sale and clearance watches and jewelry) , if you wear red to a store, or do one of the other items listed below:
* Purchase a Red Dress Pin for $2 at any Macy’s store. Macy’s will donate 100% of all Red Dress Pin sales to the American Heart Associations’s Go Red For Women movement.
* Use your Macy’s Card to make a purchase
* Shop online using promo code: WEARRED