Tag: American Heart Month

IT’S JUST A GREAT DAY FOR THE ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. JASON ALSO A NEW START OF THE WEEK AND NEW MONTH. FEBRUARY IS AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN TO HIGHLIGHT LOVE. SO WE’RE KICKING IT OFF WITH A SPOTLIGHT AND A POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING FORM OF SELF-LOVE AND SELF-CARE. JOINING ME NOW, THE WONDERFUL ORLANDO MOM COLLECTIVE FOUNDER AND OWNER, ERIN VARGO. ERIN, WELCOME. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. OKAY. LOVING THE SWEATER. SO CUTE. SO ADORABLE. OKAY, SO WE KNOW THAT FEBRUARY IS HEART MONTH. YOU’RE PART OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION’S WOMAN OF IMPACT CAMPAIGN. LOVE THIS. I WAS A PART OF IT LAST YEAR. I’M SO EXCITED FOR YOU. TELL ME ALL ABOUT TIT’S REALLY E PART OF IT. THE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE HEART HEALTH AWARENESS, FUNDRAISING, AND JUST MAKING A BROADER IMPACT TO SAVE WOMEN LOCALLY. SO I’M REALLY EXCITED TO BE A PART OF IT, I LOVE IT. OKAY, SO TELL US, WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT? THE CALL FOR ACTION, WE ALL KNOW IS WOMEN, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING, THAT IT’S A SILENT KILLER FOR US. LIKE WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF OURSELVES AND OUR HEARTS. ABSOLUTELY. IT’S THE NUMBER ONE KILLER OF WOMEN. AND A LOT OF WOMEN DON’T REALIZE THAT. SO THE POINT OF THE CAMPAIGN IS TO BRING AWARENESS, TO TALK ABOUT IT, TO GET MORE WOMEN INVOLVED, TO UNDERSTAND THE SYMPTOMS BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT THAN MEN’S SYMPTOMS. AND SO IT’S JUST REALLY LIKE ADVOCACY AND GETTING PEOPLE INVOLVED. I LOVE THIS OKAY. SO WESH 2’S NANCY ALVAREZ WILL BE EMCEEING THIS YEAR’S GO RED FOR WOMEN LUNCHEON. THIS IS THE PICTURE OF US LAST YEAR. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, I WAS PART OF THE EVENT. I WAS A WOMAN OF IMPACT AND NANCY WAS HOSTING. SO THIS IS AWESOME. THE EVENT WILL TAKE PLACE THIS FRIDAY AT NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY. ORLANDO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, WILL JOIN NANCY RIGHT HERE ON SUNRISE. FOR MORE ON THIS IMPORTANT TOPIC. YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS IT AND CATCH NANCY AT THE EVENT IF YOU CAN. IT’S A REALLY GOOD TIME. ERIN. I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE PART OF THIS. THANK YOU. I’M EXCITED. OKAY, SHIFTING GEARS A LITTLE BIT, I KNOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LOVE, BUT ALSO, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE HAVE TO START THINKING ABOUT PLANNING FOR SUMMER BECAUSE BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, THE SUMMER CAMP LINEUP, YOU NEED TO KNOW IT. AND YOU NEED TO GET THOSE APPLICATIONS IN. RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. AND IT’S CRAZY TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE WE’RE FREEZING RIGHT NOW AND WE’RE THINKING ABOUT SUMMER, BUT WE DO BECAUSE A LOT OF CAMPS FILL UP REALLY FAST. SO IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO JUST KNOW WHAT’S AVAILABLE FOR YOUR KIDS. THERE’S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES BASED ON AGE, INTEREST, LOCATION. AND SO WE HAVE A SUMMER CAMP GUIDE WHERE WE KIND OF HIGHLIGHT ALL THE DIFFERENT CAMPS THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA, WHETHER THEY’RE STEM CHURCH, EDUCATIONAL, VIRTUAL SPORTS. WE JUST HAVE SO MANY LISTED IN OUR GUIDE. AND AND WE’RE SO GRATEFUL THAT LAUNCH ORLANDO SPONSORED THAT GUIDE THIS YEAR. AND YOU CAN GO TO ORLANDO.COM. AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE AVAILABLE CAMPS. AND THEN WE EVEN DO A CAMP EVENT WHERE PARENTS THAT HAVE MAYBE NOT HAD A CHANCE EARLY ON, LIKE JANUARY OR FEBRUARY TO BOOK CAMPS. THEY CAN COME TO OUR CAMP EXPO AND MEET SOME LOCAL CAMPS AND STILL BOOK EVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY. OKAY. EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR FOR THE CAMPERS, LIKE I LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IT. YOU’RE THINKING SPRING BREAK. BUT REALLY THOUGH YOU HAVE TO DO THIS NOW BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, THEY DO FILL UP. KIND OF TAKE ME THROUGH. WHY IS IT SO IMPORTANT, THOUGH, TO GET THE KIDS KEEPING THEM ACTIVE THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER MONTHS, INCLUDING THAT SUMMER SLIDE? PEOPLE TALK ABOUT IT ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU WANT TO AVOID THAT. THAT’S REALLY THE BIGGEST REASON IS KEEP THEM ACTIVE, KEEP THEM ENGAGED, KEEP THEM LEARNING, DOING SOMETHING WITH THEIR BODIES, THEIR MINDS SO THEY’RE NOT STUCK ON DEVICES ALL DAY LONG. I MEAN, IT IS DANGEROUS WITH THE HEAT, SO THERE’S PLENTY OF REALLY GREAT CAMPS THAT ARE INDOORS THAT STILL ALLOW FOR THEM TO BE OUTSIDE. BUT THE THE IDEA IS TO NOT HAVE THAT SUMMER SLIDE AND TO KEEP THEM ENGAGED ALL THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. EXCELLENT. OKAY. SO AND TELL US WHERE FOLKS CAN GO IF THEY’RE WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW AND THEY WANT TO LEARN MORE. ERIC ORLANDO.COM. NOT ONLY CAN YOU FIND ALL OF OUR SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION, YOU CAN ALSO JOIN MY TEAM FOR WOMEN OF IMPACT WITH THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION. EXCELLENT. OKAY, I WANT TO BACKTRACK JUST A LITTLE SMIDGE BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME. SO BEFORE YOU LEAVE, LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR HEART CAMPAIGN. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO YOUR FUNDRAISING? HOW ARE YOU GETTING THE WORD OUT? I’M USING MY ORLANDO MOM PLATFORM, OBVIOUSLY, TO SHARE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL FLORIDA, BUT ALSO TO GET WOMEN THAT ARE, IN MY CIRCLES JUST INVOLVED, WHETHER TO JOIN MY TEAM AND DONATE OR TO HELP ADVOCATE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION. THE IDEA REALLY IS TO JUST GET AS MANY WOMEN INVOLVED AS POSSIBLE. SO I AM FUNDRAISING. I DO HAVE A GOAL. I’M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK IT WILL BE GREAT AND I JUST REALLY AM LOOKING FOR WOMEN THAT WANT TO JOIN MY TEAM BECAUSE HEART HEALTH IS IMPORTANT TO THEM, OR THAT IT’S IMPACTED THEIR LIVES ALSO. SO GREAT. I HAVE TO TELL YOU, THERE IS ONE OF OUR GROUPS LIKE THEY HAD HER AND HER DAUGHTER LIKE MADE ALL THESE BRACELETS AND THEN WE’RE SELLING THEM, WHICH WAS SUCH A CUTE LITTLE THING TO DO. AND THEY DID THAT THE DAY AT THE LUNCHEON. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF CREATIVE WAYS TO DO IT. AND YOU HAVING THE PLATFORM, YOU CAN HOST SOME BIG FUN EVENT AND EVERYONE WILL COME AND DONATE TO YOUR CAMPAIGN, I’M SURE. SO YES. AWESOME. OKAY. WELL, THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TODAY. LOTS TO CHECK OUT ON ORLANDO MOM COLLECTIVE ON WESH.COM. WE’LL HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. GOOD LUCK ERIN, AND DON’T FORGET CATCH NANCY. THE LUNCHEON IS THE 14TH, RIGHT? NO, IT’S THIS FRIDAY. THIS FRIDAY? THAT’S RIGHT. OKAY. THAT’S RIGHT. DAY IS THE SIX TWO. SO WEAR RED OKAY. EVERYTHING IS THIS W