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July 25, 2012

Tarboro to host Heart Walk in November

Editor and Publisher John H. Walker

TARBORO — After several years of holding a heart walk in conjunction with Rocky Mount, Tarboro will hold its own for what may be the first time ever in November.

The first annual Tarboro Heart and Stroke Walk is being organized by Vidant Edgecombe Hospital and the Edgecombe County Health Department in conjunction with the American Heart Association.

While it is still three months until the walk, a kickoff event will be held from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 6 in the classroom at Vidant.

The kickoff event will feature presentations by Lynn Pischke of the American Heart Association and Dr. Hassan Alhosaini, who overseas the chronic heart failure program for Vidant.

“This is where people putting teams together will come to get information, as well,” Grimsley said. “We’re pushing for walkers — whether they are community teams, companies, churches and those who would like to join as a team.”

“We’re excited about being able to join together and hold the walk,” explained Erin Grimsley, Vidant Edgecombe’s Director of Marketing, Business Development and Gifts. “It’s always been big in Rocky Mount, but by holding our own walk, our folks don’t have to go to Rocky Mount.”

This is not the first time in recent months that the hospital and health department have joined forces and, as both Grimsley and Derrick Haskins, health promotion coordinator for the health department noted, it won’t be the last.

The walk itself will be held at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4 on the Town Common. Registration and the turning in of money from early registrants will take place at 2 p.m.

Haskins said there will be a one-mile and a three-mile walk and the event is scheduled to allow participants to finish before dark, as there will be less daylight in November.

“There will be a number of activities and heart health education for all ages, including food, drinks and music,” Grimsley offered.

Both Grimsley and Haskins said they hoped for a large turnout and that the walk could meet its first-year goal of $3,000.

“We want to be able to keep it going in the future,” Grimsley said.

The walk will help raise money for the fight against heart disease and stroke — the No. 1 and No. 3 killers in the country.

Heart disease and stroke play a major role in the health of Eastern North Carolina.

In 2010, there were 1,026 persons who died from heart disease and another 239 died from stroke in the region. In North Carolina, cardiovascular diseases are the sixth-leading cause f death in children under age 15.

Statistics released in May by County Health Rankings & Roadmaps ranked Edgecombe County 96th out of the state’s 100 counties in regards to the overall health of the community.

At that time, health department education supervisor Meredith Capps said, “We’re definitely not doing so well. We definitely need to turn this around.”

More information may be found at the Tarboro Heart Walk website,  www.tarboroheartwalk.org. In addition, a Facebook event has been created for the walk.







 

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