Hearts A Walkin' with Cardiac Kidds

This past weekend a few of the Start! Bay Area Heart Walk participates got together at the Oak Tree Festival and sold hearts to benefit the American Heart Association's Start! Bay Area Heart Walk. Many of the teams around the Bay Area are doing great thing just like this!!! Be on the look out for the next Big Bake Off, Heart Sale, or even Bowl-O-Thon in your area in support of The Start! Bay Area Heart Walk at Kemah Boardwalk, October 17, 2009 at 8am.

Galveston City Council Passes Ordinance Banning Smoking

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Galveston City Council Passes Ordinance Banning Smoking

Galveston, Texas
July 23, 2009

The Galveston City Council passed an ordinance banning smoking in bars and restaurants Island-wide. The measure passed with Council members Beeton, Mahoney, Woods, and Mayor Thomas voting in favor and Council member Fennewald and Mayor Pro-Tem Weber casting dissenting votes. Councilmember Colbert was absent from tonight’s meeting. More than two hours of public comment, much of it regarding the proposed ordinance, preceded the vote.

Galveston’s City Council amended the ordinance language and adopted a comprehensive smoking ban for Galveston Island that prohibits smoking in bars, restaurants, private clubs, and outdoor seating areas. Additionally, smoking is banned within 15 feet of an establishment’s primary entrance. This ordinance will take effect on January 1, 2010.

MEMORIAL HERMANN SOUTHEAST DONATES $25K TO BAY AREA START! HEART WALK

Start! Bay Area Heart Walk Cause Sponsor

Memorial Hermann Southeast

from left to right: Abigail Lacy, Lindsey Mulholland, Todd Ginapp, Kyle Price, George Gaston

Houston, TX – On Tuesday, June 16, Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital donated $25,000 to the Start! Bay Area Heart Walk campaign. Memorial Hermann Southeast was the top team last year raising more than $21,000 and has set high expectations for this year’s walk as well. The American Heart Association and Chairman Jason Demers, Wealth Management Advisor/Assistant Vice President of Merrill Lynch will be participating in the 3-mile walk to raise funds to stop disability and death from cardiovascular disease and stroke. This event will take place Saturday, October 17, 2009 at The Kemah Boardwalk. The money raised will fund lifesaving research as well as public and professional education programs in the community and across America. AHA encourages participation through sponsorship opportunities or by forming company or individual teams. All information concerning the event and how to get involved is located on the event website http://www.bayareaheartwalk.org/.

About Memorial Hermann Healthcare System. An integrated health system, Memorial Hermann is known for world-class clinical expertise, patient-centered care, leading edge technology, and innovation. The system, with its exceptional medical staff and 19,000 employees, serves southeast Texas and the greater Houston community. Memorial Hermann’s 11 hospitals include three hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, including a level 1 trauma center, a hospital for children and a rehabilitation hospital, as well as three heart & vascular institute locations and eight suburban hospitals. The system also operates an air ambulance, cancer, imaging and surgery centers, sports medicine and rehabilitation centers, outpatient laboratories, a Wellness Center, a chemical dependency treatment center, a home health agency, a retirement community and a nursing home. To learn more, visit http://www.memorialhermann.org/, or call 713-222-CARE.

For more information, please contact Abby Lacy at (713) 610-5072 or abigail.lacy@heart.org