Sister to Sister

Sister to Sister strives to give every woman a fighting chance against heart disease. Our past programs have included:

• Annual Women's Heart Health Fairs were held in select cities and offered free, large-scale cardiac screenings, immediate follow-up counseling, and educational resources.
• Educational Executive Events for women in leadership roles helped them bring women's heart-health messages back to their communities. 
• Our family-friendly bike event in October 2009, Bike For The Heart, allowed families to exercise together for their hearts. 
• The Blood Pressure Express was a mobile community health initiative brought screenings to the Newark, NJ community in 2008. 
• Global Cardiologist Exchange Program enabled Sister to Sister to share its resources and knowledge about women and heart disease internationally.
• Our Medicare Screening Initiative to Reduce Healthcare Disparities provided free screenings and education on Medicare services among the underserved communities in Washington DC.
• Holly Heart, the first robot dedicated to raising awareness for heart disease prevention.
• We Can Together! A program which educated mothers and children about physical activity and healthy eating habits.
• Medical, corporate, government, media, and non-profit partnerships helped women to get screened and take action to improve their heart-health.
• Cardiac screenings and other group events.
• Large-scale data collection for women's heart health research.