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February 2, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009, National Wear Red Day; The red dress is the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness

This Friday is National Wear Red Day 2009

National Wear Red Day is this Friday, February 6, 2009. Are you ready to join others by wearing red to raise awareness that heart disease is the #1 killer of women?

National Wear Red Day kicks-off The Heart Truth Campaign to celebrate February as American Heart Month. Take a look at the materials below to support women’s heart health on National Wear Red Day and throughout February – American Heart Month.


End of Show Image from 2007 Red Dress Collection Fashion ShowRed Dress Collection Auction

The Heart Truth’s Red Dress Collection 2009 Fashion Show takes place on February 13, 2009, at New York’s Fashion Week. A collection of the designer dresses worn on the runway by celebrity models will be available for public bidding from clothesoffourback.org from February 2 – 27. The Heart Truth’s online auction in partnership with Clothes Off Our Back includes other red hot items seen on the runway, including Swarovski accessories, Bobbi Brown make-up looks, and other red-dress inspired donations. Auction proceeds will benefit the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health and will be used to further efforts related to women’s heart health awareness and research.


Promote The Heart Truth

Two women holding the Heart Truth Speaker's KitCheck out materials helpful for promoting National Wear Red Day including:

  1. The Healthy Heart Handbook for Women 20th Anniversary Edition
  2. Red Dress tack pin – Specially priced below through
    American Heart Month
  3. The Heart Truth Speaker’s Kit

Red Dress Great for the rest of the year too!

The Red Dress Tack Pin
Now through February 28, 2009, 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 2011 copy. It is reference material, not current guidance.