Participates stretch before their two mile walk on the East side of Bay City

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Hundreds Participate in Annual Heart Walk
at Wenonah Park, Bay City

May 16, 2010
By: Julie McCallum, Entertainment Editor

Hundreds of area residents took steps to improve their heart health on Saturday, May 15, 2010 at 8:30 AM in Bay City when they participated in the American Heart Association's Start! Heart Walk.

A beautiful morning it was in Downtown's Wenonah Park which was the location for the event and the Start and Finish Line for a 2.6 mile walk through Downtown Bay City.

The Annual American Heart Association Start! Heart Walk is a celebration of health and wellness in Corporate America as well as the dollars raised throughout the year to help fight against cardiovascular disease.

The Heart walk is an annual event, which raises funds to fight heart disease and stroke, America's No. 1 and No. 3 killers.

Jennifer Hancock, Corporate Events Director of The American Heart Association, said, "It was a great day! We had survivors telling their stories as well as many family members there walking in tribute to someone they had lost to heart disease."

Hancock continued, "It's all about the people and if we touched one person that day with our efforts, then I'm happy."

Each day, nearly 2,400 Americans die from a cardiovascular disease. That's an average of one death every 37 seconds. A leading risk factor for heat attack and stroke is lack of physical activity.

The Start! Heart Walk is the Heart Association's premiere fundraiser where community members can fight back against heart disease, stroke and even childhood obesity by raising funds that will support research, educations and advocacy.

According to Stacy Sawyer, Director of Communications, donations can still be made at the below link.
Make Donation Click Here



(Above) Jennifer Hancock, Corporate Events Director gets the program moving


(Above Left) Major Charles Brunner was present for the Heart walk as he proclaimed the day to be American Heart Association Walk Day as he read the proclamation (Above Right) Jason Weigle said a few words on behalf of the St. Mary's Cardiac re-hab


(Above) Citizens Bank group smile for MyBayCity cameras


(Above) Bob Herrick from Covenant was the instructor for the warm-up exercises






(Above) Miss Auburn-Midland, Syndney Leaman and Ashley Purdan, Auburn-Midland Executive Director




(Above) Water, granola bars, and banana were available for participants to fuel up or refuel after the 2 mile walk.


(Above) According to Joy Wellense of Covenant she clocked the 2 mile walk in 40 minutes and 5023 steps!


(Above) Deb Waltz, George Lynch
Waltz a 3rd grade school teacher at Blessed Sacrament School in Midland participated in the walk, Waltz said, "What a great day for the American Heart Association Heart Walk, an awesome turnout for a very important cause. Let's all do what we can to help lower the risk of heart disease."

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Julie McCallum, Entertainment Editor
Julie (Munger) McCallum is the General Manager at OJ Advertising Inc. & has been with the company for 25 years. Contact Julie via e-mail at: julie@mybaycity.com or 892-8501 More from Julie McCallum, Entertainment Editor

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