Sister to Sister

Since our founding, Sister to Sister has provided 80,000 free cardiovascular screenings for women, with immediate results and personalized counseling interventions.

Most screenings were provided at our annual Women's Heart Health Fairs, held each February in 17 cities nationwide from 2000-2009.

These were very special health events created for today's busy woman. They were fun, lively and engaging!

Women received free cardiovascular screenings and learned their personal risk for heart disease by having a one-on-one session with a medical professional. Many women were pleasantly surprised to realize that their hearts were doing great. And for those that were at risk, they received a personalized heart-health action plan of lifestyle changes for them to take home.

Women from all walks of life would talk about their screening numbers, share cooking tips for healthy dishes, attend presentations from the top medical experts together, learn tips from lifestyle pros on how to reduce stress, receive free massages, giveaways and door prizes.

Sister to Sister's Women's Heart Health Fairs were held in convenient and attractive locations across the country, including:

• Atlanta - AmericasMart
• Baltimore - Baltimore Convention Center
• Boston - Prudential Center
• Charlotte - SouthPark Mall
• Chicago - Merchandise Mart
• Dallas - Automobile Building in Fair Park
• Detroit - GM Wintergarden
• Indianapolis - Greenwood Park Mall
• Jacksonville - Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center
• Los Angeles - Century City Park
• Miami - Radisson Miami Omni Complex
• New York - Madison Square Garden
• Philadelphia - Pennsylvania Convention Center
• Phoenix - US Airways Arena
• St. Louis - West County Centre Mall
• Tampa - Tampa Convention Center
• Washington DC - The Verizon Center

We love all those who attended our Heart Health Fairs and made these events a special community where women could come together and support each other's efforts to be heart-healthy!

Related Videos

• Everyone Has a Heart: Everyone Has a Heart was a 2001 campaign in Washington DC that was put on by Sister to Sister Foundation, founded by Irene Pollin.
• News Channel 8 at the Verizon Center: Channel 8 News interviews Holly Heart, Sister to Sister's spokeswoman robot, along with other attendees to the annual Womens Heart Health event held at the MCI Center (now Verizon Center).
• Pledge to Get Screened: Sister to Sister asked women to take the pledge to get screened. Each women who got screened was asked to bring 3 friends with them!
• Sister to Sister Health Fair, Los Angeles: Sister to Sister was in Los Angeles for their Women's Heart Day event and Fox 11 News was there to take it all in!
• Health Fairs: Sister to Sister in 17 cities screening over 80,000 women for heart disease with the National Women's Heart Day campaign.

Even though Sister to Sister is not currently hosting these large-scale live events, we now offer screenings for heart disease risk online at Smart for the Heart. In partnership with Brigham and Women's Hospital, Smart for the Heart offers a Health Risk Assessment (HRA), the premier questionnaire for calculating your personal risk for heart disease, with immediate results and comprehensive recommendations to help improve any risk factors for heart disease.