PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s 12th annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon is set for 11:30 a.m. Friday.
The luncheon will be presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Tickets on sale
Tickets are $60 and are available at www.omhf.org.
In 2018, a record 320 people attended.
Committee chair Karen Rogers said that the foundation has sold “a record amount of sponsorships and therefore, 100 percent of all money raised at the luncheon will go toward local cardiac service care.”
She said that, to date, the foundation has raised more than $379,000.
All proceeds raised at the educational luncheon will benefit local patients with heart disease.
“We invite all the women in our community to join us at our inspiring luncheon,” Rogers said.
Funds from the luncheon will go toward the purchase of diagnostic treadmills.
“Once again, we are raising money for something that will save lives,” Rogers said.
Special honorees will be all those who have delivered “survivor” stories at the event.
Also speaking on heart health education will be Dr. Kara Urnes from Olympic Medical Heart Center and Dr. Kira Long, a vascular surgeon with Swedish Vascular Surgery, who sees patients in Seattle and Sequim.
Started in 2008
In 2008, the OMC Foundation launched a three-year campaign to raise awareness about the issue of heart health for women on the Olympic Peninsula.
The campaign was so successful that the foundation decided to host an annual event.
“The purpose of our event is to inspire women to become more educated to improve their heart health. Many women are surprised to learn that heart disease is the number one killer of women,” said Urnes.
In the first 10 years, the event has raised money to benefit patients through the Olympic Medical Center’s cardiac program, according to OMC officials.
Luncheon proceeds also have allowed the foundation to partner with local agencies to launch a community-wide automated external defibrillator program.
For more information or to sponsor the event, contact the foundation office at 360-417-7144.
