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May is American Stroke Month. Every 40 seconds someone has a stroke and every four minutes someone dies of a stroke. But stroke is largely preventable, treatable, and beatable with your help. The American Heart Association is working to improve acute stroke care in Vermont. Together with the Vermont...

I t’s a scary number that leads to even scarier disease and death. But the good news is that we have a proven solution. Kids are particular vulnerable to price increases. By raising the state cigarette tax by just .80 cents we can prevent kids from a lifetime of addiction. And the good news gets...

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...

Right now, nearly 27% of Vermont kids are overweight. Providing them with more options for physical acticity and limiting their consumption of sugary drinks can help them to be healthier. Let your legislators know that you want them to make fighting obesity a priority to help our kids and keep health...

The American Heart Association recommends limiting the consumption of sugar-added drinks to no more than 36 ounces a week. A 20-ounce bottle of soda has 16 teaspoons of sugar, and many Americans don't stop at one. In fact, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption has more than doubled over the last 30...

Over 58% of Vermont adults and nearly 27% of our kids are overweight or obese. Obesity is costing Vermont $183 million/year in Medicare and Medicaid expenses. The lack of physical activity and poor nutrition are a leading contributor to the obesity epidemic. It's time to act. School facilities, especially...

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 Montpelier to Washington, D.C. Your fellow Vermont advocates have already accomplished some amazing things:smoke-free workplaces, CPR training for all high school graduates...

Michelle Johnston Shelburne, Vermont I'm alive because my husband knew CPR. Shelburne resident, and cardiac arrest survivor Michelle Johnston suffered sudden cardiac arrest in October 2009 and was saved by her husband. But that is not the end of her story. As an advocate in Vermont Michelle worked...

Tommy Watson Williston,Vermont Fourteen year old Tommy Watson is making a difference. He’s already trained more than 375 people in Hands-only CPR, including the Governor and Lt. Governor. And he worked hand in hand with the American Heart Association, testifying before house and senate committees...

Bill Hathaway Bennington, Vermont Bill Hathaway is the Director of Bennington Rescue. He’s a passionate advocate on stroke and Chain of Survival issues, serves on the AHA’s advocacy committee in Vermont and played an instrumental role in the passage of CPR in schools legislation last session...