Jacci Easterling, Executive Director, Development and Community Health, First Coast, with American Heart Association, came to the show to talk about the upcoming walk, empowering and engaging with the community!
The Heart Walk is the American Heart Association's biggest community event, uniting local families, businesses, and supporters around a shared mission: saving lives.
Through fundraising and education programs, the Heart Walk helps expand access to CPR training, supports groundbreaking research, and promotes healthier communities.But it's about more than just taking a walk.
Here on the First Coast, the American Heart Association is working to create a community of lifesavers by teaching people how to recognize a cardiac emergency and perform CPR when every second counts.
The First Coast Heart Walk happens Saturday, October 3, at Ford on Bay. The event opens at 7:30 a.m., and the walk begins at 8:45 a.m. Registration is free at heart.orgThe need is real. More than 350,000 cardiac arrests occur outside hospitals every year, and 9 out of 10 victims do not survive.
Learning CPR is one simple action that can make a life-saving difference for a friend, family member, neighbor, or even a stranger.