Bill Text: PA SR21 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Designating Friday, February 4, 2011, as "National Wear Red Day" in Pennsylvania.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-01-25 - Introduced and adopted [SR21 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2011-SR21-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 224
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 21 Session of2011
INTRODUCED BY TARTAGLIONE, KITCHEN, KASUNIC, STACK, YAW, ORIE, FONTANA, SOLOBAY, ROBBINS, M. WHITE, PILEGGI, TOMLINSON, MENSCH, WOZNIAK, RAFFERTY, ERICKSON, D. WHITE, BAKER, VOGEL, WARD, COSTA, BREWSTER, DINNIMAN, BRUBAKER, ALLOWAY, PIPPY, GREENLEAF, VANCE AND LEACH, JANUARY 25, 2011
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JANUARY 25, 2011
A RESOLUTION
Designating Friday, February 4, 2011, as "National Wear Red Day"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Diseases of the heart are the nation's leading cause
of death, and stroke is the fourth leading cause of death; and
WHEREAS, Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of more than
421,000 American females each year, approximately one death per
minute; and
WHEREAS, Each year, 52% of all deaths due to cardiovascular
disease and 60% of stroke deaths occur in females; and
WHEREAS, Too many women die each year because they are
unaware that heart disease is their number one killer; and
WHEREAS, In 2007, the direct and indirect cost of
cardiovascular diseases in the United States, including stroke,
was estimated to be $286 billion; and
WHEREAS, Nearly as many women die of heart disease, stroke
and all other cardiovascular diseases than the next four leading
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causes of death combined, including all cancers; and
WHEREAS, Only 16% of women surveyed in 2009 identified
cardiovascular disease as the greatest health problem facing
them; and
WHEREAS, February is designated as American Heart Month; and
WHEREAS, Go Red For Women® is the American Heart
Association's national call to increase awareness about heart
disease, the leading cause of death for women, and to inspire
women to take charge of their heart health; and
WHEREAS, All women should learn their own personal risk for
heart disease, using tools such as the American Heart
Association's My Life Check, Go Red For Women® Heart CheckUp and
Go Red For Women® Better U, and by talking to their health care
provider; and
WHEREAS, Making the right choices relating to proper
nutrition, physical activity and other health lifestyle choices
are essential to living a heart-healthy life; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate designate Friday, February 4, 2011,
as "National Wear Red Day" in Pennsylvania in recognition of the
importance of the ongoing fight against heart disease and stroke
and urge all citizens to show their support for women and the
fight against heart disease by commemorating this day by the
wearing of the color red.
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