Nonprofit Spotlight

WomenHeart
(202) 728-7199

Mission:

WomenHeart is the only national patient-centered organization that provides support, education, and advocacy for women living with heart disease. Through their coalition of national volunteers and community-based support networks, online support services and educational programs, they offer comprehensive services to women with heart disease and those at-risk and empower all women to take charge of their heart health.

In 9 years, WomenHeart has:

Grown its membership to thousands of women living with and at-risk for heart disease, friends and family members, and health care professionals nationwide

Launched a dynamic online support community to connect women across the country and provide them with peer-to-peer support

Trained more than 400 heart disease survivors as community educators via the WomenHeart Science & Leadership Symposium in collaboration with Mayo Clinic

Advocated for the HEART for Women Act resulting in it passing the House of Representatives in September 2008

Sponsored national Leadership Program to train volunteers from across the country to conduct women’s heart disease education and outreach in the communities where they live

For more information, go to www.womenheart.org | 808 18th Street, NW | Washington, DC 20006 | 202.728.7199