Sept. 24, 2015: Support the American Heart Association Walk

Dear Colleagues:

As many of you know, Johns Hopkins Medicine has a long tradition as a leader and supporter of the American Heart Association and its Greater Baltimore Heart Walk. The national voluntary health organization aims to reduce disability and death from heart ailments—a goal that resonates with our institution. And the AHA's annual walk raises transformative sums to advance those efforts.

I want to thank you for all your time and dedication over the past several years, demonstrating the pivotal role Johns Hopkins plays in support of this event. Together, we ARE making a difference in the fight against heart disease and stroke.

Building on those triumphs, we urge you to support the 2015 Greater Baltimore Heart Walk. This year, Johns Hopkins has a goal to raise $100,000 or more in support of the AHA's mission.

This year's walk takes place on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Camden Yards Sports Complex. If you have not already done so, please sign up as a team captain or walker on the Johns Hopkins team. Signing up is easy. You can register as a:

• Departmental team captain—or if you cannot, encourage a colleague to be your department's team captain and to register as such;
• Walker—sign up to support a Heart Walk team that is already on board.

We need your support to achieve our goal. Your experience and expertise will allow us to continue our tradition as one of Baltimore's top walk teams. If you have never participated in the Heart Walk, I hope you will consider joining a team this year and share the exhilaration of improving the status quo for patients with heart ailments.

To register, go to: http://heartwalk.kintera.org/baltimore/johnshopkins. If you cannot walk with Team Hopkins, please consider making a donation.

If you have questions about anything else pertaining to the Johns Hopkins Heart Walk team, please contact our Heart Walk director, Ali Blais, directly at Ali.Blais@heart.org.

Thank you again for taking a lead role in this event.

Sincerely,

Ronald R. Peterson
President
The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Health System
EVP, Johns Hopkins Medicine