Alpha Phi Foundation Visits White House
( Washington , D.C. 2/2/04 )
- Alpha Phi Foundation Executive Director,
Rebecca Zanatta, received an invitation from President and Mrs. Bush to attend
a special women’s heart-health event at the White House.
Key-note
speaker Laura Bush highlighted elements of a Presidential Proclamation, signed
by President Bush during the event, declaring February as American Heart Month
and Friday, February 6, 2004 ,
as the first annual National Wear Red Day in support of women's heart disease
awareness. She also promoted ways to take charge of heart health.
Headquartered
in Evanston , Ill ,
the non-profit Alpha Phi Foundation is the
philanthropic and educational partner of the 140,000-member Alpha
Phi International Fraternity. The Foundation supports programs
and is a funding source of education in women’s cardiac health, leadership
development, and philanthropy. For more than 50 years, Alpha
Phi has focused on heart disease – the #1 killer of
women in North America – and women’s cardiac
health as philanthropic priorities. Most recently, the Foundation is encouraging
Alpha Phi members to celebrate National Wear Red Day. Heart
disease and stroke claim more women’s lives each year than the next seven
causes of death combined, and nearly twice as many as all forms of cancer,
including breast cancer.
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