American Heart Association Fundraiser, Help Prevent Cardiac Events in Women!

MJA Martial Arts, Inc will be participating in the American Heart Association’s fundraiser Go Red for Women.  February 3, 2012 is “National Wear Red Day” on which you can inspire friends, family, and co-workers to wear red and speak up about heart disease.

According to the AHA website:  "More women die of cardiovascular disease than from the next four causes of death combined, including all forms of cancer. But 80% of cardiac events in women could be prevented if women made the right choices for their hearts involving diet, exercise and abstinence from smoking."

Common heart attack symptoms include:

• Uncomfortablepressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes or goes away and comes back;
• Pain ordiscomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach;
• Shortness ofbreath along with, or before, chest discomfort;
• Other signs suchas breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness

Please help us by buying a sticker for $1.00 or a red dress pin for $5.00 (both of them have useful, shareable information on the back) or by making a tax deductible donation to American Heart Association and dropping it off at the school.

Join MJA to support the mission that could save the life of your mother, sister, cousin, wife, or best friend. Let’s raise the funds needed to fight the No. 1 killer of women that takes more lives each year than all cancers combined.

Please share this with your family and friends.

Thanks.