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Sister to Sister is helping thousands of women learn their risk for heart disease so they can make changes to protect their hearts.

Sister to Sister Founder and Chairman Irene Pollin (middle) officially opens this year's Women's Heart Health Fairs with WJLA-7 Anchor Maureen Bunyan (left), Michelle Cross Fenty, First Lady, Washington, DC (right), and Sister to Sister Executive Director Laurene McKillop (background).

Throughout the month of February, Sister to Sister has been holding Women's Heart Health Fairs in cities across the country. Fairs have been successfully held in Atlanta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Los Angeles, Washington, DC, New York, St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, Miami and Philadelphia, drawing several thousand women in each city to the events.

Additional Fairs will be held this spring in Tampa and Phoenix.

Crowds await the opening of the Jacksonville Women's Heart Health Fair held on February 2.

"This year's Women's Heart Health Fairs have provided thousands of women with life-saving heart-health screenings and educational information," said Sister to Sister Executive Director Laurene McKillop. "Our goal is to help women take action to protect their hearts before heart disease strikes."

Sister to Sister's Women's Heart Health Fairs are held annually and feature free lifestyle presentations, cutting-edge information on medical issues of importance to women, complimentary heart-health screenings, and on-site individual counseling with health professionals who provide women with their screening results and explain how they can improve their numbers.