American Heart Association

Learn and Live

What We Do:

The American Heart Association is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is: "Building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke." The association's impact goals are to:
Reduce the death rate from coronary heart disease and stroke by 25 percent by 2010.
Reduce the prevalence of smoking, high blood cholesterol and physical inactivity by 25 percent by 2010.
Reduce the rate of uncontrolled high blood pressure by 25 percent by 2010.
Eliminate the growth of obesity and diabetes.
The organization's strategic driving force is: Providing credible heart disease and stroke information for effective prevention and treatment.

Business Services:

Heart Disease Education & Information, Stroke Information & Education,, Nutrition & Diet Information, Excercise, Heart Walk, Jump Rope for Heart,, Hoops for Heart, Train to End Stroke, Heart to Heart E-cards, Dear Neighbor Campaign, Research, Donations

Specialties:

Heart Disease, cardiovascular health, stroke, research, coronary heart disease, donations, CPR, diet & nutrition, Heart Walk, Jump Rope for Heart, Hoops for Heart, Train to End Stroke, Heart to Heart E-cards, Dear Neighbor Campaign, Workplace Giving