HIN Health Action e-Bulletin
| January 16, 2008 |
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| How to Promote National Wear Red Day 2008 | | National Wear Red Day —February 1, 2008— is a day when Americans nationwide will wear red to show their support for women's heart disease awareness. This observance promotes the Red Dress symbol and provides an opportunity for everyone to unite in this life-saving awareness movement by showing off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie, and Red Dress Pin. Join The Heart Truth campaign in supporting National Wear Red Day by wearing red and using the ideas and tools below to help spread the word that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women!
Find Ideas in the Online Toolkit Looking for some ideas on how to promote National Wear Red Day? Start with the f|r|e|e ideas, materials, and information in the National Wear Red Day Online Toolkit! Top Ways to Celebrate National Wear Red Day - Organize a "Red Dress Luncheon" and serve a creative menu of heart healthy foods
- Hold a contest for the "best red outfit" at your workplace
- Send Red Dress Pins to your local television stations and ask the news anchors to wear the pin while broadcasting on February 1st
Check out The Heart Truth’s National Wear Red Day Online Toolkit at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/wrd/index.htm.
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Download the National Wear Red Day 2008 Countdown Gadget Gadgets are small tools that can be added to your personal Google Web page (iGoogle) or added to your Web site in order to create interesting, personalized functionality. The National Wear Red Day 2008 Countdown Gadget is a great way to leverage the social nature of the Internet and encourage others to participate in this important national observance. If you use iGoogle, follow this link: http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/emails/011408_1.htm OR If you are a Web site owner, follow this link: http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/emails/011408_2.htm
| Share The Heart Truth  Find helpful materials for promoting National Wear Red Day including the distinctive 5th anniversary edition of the Red Dress Pin and the Red Dress tack pin.
Special offer - Now through February 28, 2008
Order the Red Dress tack pin (item #56-075N). if ordering 1 – 24
The Heart Truth and Red Dress are trademarks of the DHHS.
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Archived page, reproduced from a 2008 copy. It is reference material, not current guidance.
