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Rhode Island advocates rocked the State House on May 15th during our annual Lobby Day! The focus of the day was our "CPR in Schools" bill, which would require all high school students to receive hands-on CPR training and an overview of AED use prior to graduation as part of the health education...

RI Lobby Day May 15 - to focus on "CPR in Schools" Bill! Please join fellow You’re the Cure advocates at the State House on May 15 for the American Heart Association’s Rhode Island Lobby Day! This event couldn't be more timely. On May 7 the RI Senate unanimously approved...

Great news! On Tuesday, May 7, the Rhode Island Senate unanimously approved the “CPR in Schools” bill. This lifesaving measure is one of the AHA’s top policy priorities for the 2013 Legislative Session – and we couldn’t have gotten this far without the passion and continued...

Thanks to the tremendous outreach of You're the Cure advocates like you, our "CPR in Schools" bill is moving in the Rhode Island Senate! Please help us keep the pressure on so we can get this lifesaving measure to the Governor's desk. Click the link below today to urge your senator...

Please mark your calendar for May 15 and plan to join fellow You’re the Cure advocates at the State House for the American Heart Association’s Rhode Island Lobby Day. Click this link to register today: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/WSNBF97 Rhode Island Lobby Day May 15, 2013 State House...

On April 9, Rhode Island advocates John Potvin and Dr. Steven Fera testified before the Senate Health & Human Services Committee in support of legislation that would require all high school students to receive hands-on CPR training and an overview of automated external defibrillator (AED) use prior...

On March 27, RI advocate Laurie Stephenson testified before the Senate Education Committee in support of legislation (S. 440) that would encourage school committees to allow public use of indoor and outdoor school property for recreation or sport. The bill would also limit the liability of the school...

Great news from the State House... STATE HOUSE – Members of the public will now be able to watch committee hearings -- as well as live Senate and House sessions -- on the Internet for the first time in Rhode Island’s history. Capitol TV will be able to live stream up to four committee...

Legislation has been introduced at the State House that would require all high school students to receive hands-on CPR training and an overview of automated external defibrillator (AED) use prior to graduation as part of the health education curriculum. This bill is one of the American Heart Association’s...

State Representative Edie Ajello has introduced a bill that would impose a one-cent per ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Rhode Island. Revenue collected from the tax would be deposited into a new "Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund" aimed at reducing rates of the most prevalent and...

Special thanks to State Senator Elizabeth Crowley and State Representative Karen MacBeth for introducing resolutions officially proclaiming February 1 as "National Wear Red Day" in the State of Rhode Island. To view the resolutions, click the links below: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri...

Don't forget - this Friday, February 1 marks the 10th Anniversary of National Wear Red Day ! Please Wear Red and join the thousands of women, men, companies, organizations and cities across America that will “Go Red” to help raise crucial awareness in the fight against heart disease in...

The Providence Journal recently printed an editorial on stroke care in Rhode Island written by Arshad Iqbal, MD. Dr. Iqbal, a neurologist and American Stroke Association volunteer/advocate, currently serves as chair of the RI Stroke Task Force. Click below to view the article. (Please visit the site...

The AHA applauds this week's decision by a federal judge to uphold restrictions adopted by the city of Providence to prohibit tobacco companies from selling flavored tobacco products (other than cigarettes) and also from offering discounts to make tobacco products cheaper. Both tactics - sweet flavors...

Rhode Island advocate and congenital heart disease survivor Laurie Stephenson received the 2012 Heart of the Mission Award for Advocacy on November 14 at the RI Volunteer Recognition Reception. The award was presented in recognition of the leadership, commitment and passion that Laurie demonstrated while...

I am so lucky. Everyday I get to work with the best volunteers and staff in the world. Together we are able to help make our families and our communities more heart healthy and stroke-free. I want to make sure you know how thankful all of the AHA staff is for you and all of your actions. Every time you...

Exciting? Yes! Ambitious? You, bet! Attainable? Absolutely! The AHA & the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation are proud to announce a new collaboration aimed at reversing the childhood obesity epidemic in the U.S. by 2015. And we’ll need your help! Learn more http://bit.ly/QJ8gmk What do you think...

On November 13 the National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) and the American Heart Association released the The 2012 Shape of the Nation Report – and the findings are cause for serious concern. While 74.5 percent of states mandate physical education in elementary through high...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest is a leading cause of death in the United States. More than 1,000 Rhode Islanders – mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters – will lose their lives to sudden cardiac arrest this year. Most people who experience cardiac arrest at home, work or in a...

The American Heart Association recently launched its GET ACTIVE! Poster Contest for Rhode Island schools. Students are asked to draw a picture of their favorite physical activity, demonstrating how they GET ACTIVE! In addition to being entered to win great prizes, posters will help educate lawmakers...

Last month the American Heart Association's Rhode Island team hosted its annual Little Heart Hero Day at Roger Williams Zoo for children with heart conditions and their families. As part of the day’s activities, parents signed petitions and children colored pictures that will be delivered to...

Hi, my name is David Day and I am the Vice President of Government Relations for the American Heart Association’s “Founders” Affiliate. The photo you see here is of me participating in the New England "Tough Mudder" race at Mt. Snow, Vermont earlier this past spring. I wanted...

The American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association are hard at work, advocating for life-saving policies from Providence to Washington, D.C. Your fellow Rhode Island advocates have already accomplished some amazing things: smoke-free workplaces, better stroke systems of care, and many...

Laurie Stephenson Rhode Island I am a wife, a mother of three children, a business woman, a group fitness instructor, a distance runner, a team coach, a church volunteer, a RI legislative advocate, and my most proud accomplishment, the one that has allowed me to achieve all of the above - a Survivor...

Tracey Kennedy Rhode Island In 1991, at 28 years of age and 6 months pregnant, I experienced a stroke causing blindness in my left eye for a period of 3 years. The cause - a hole in my heart. I was told I needed open heart surgery to close the hole and that I might not survive the birth of my son...