Tickets on sale now for Port Angeles heart health luncheon

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are on sale for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation’s 10th annual Red, Set, Go! Heart Luncheon on Feb. 24.

The luncheon, which is presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, will be at 11:30 a.m. at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.

Tickets are $60. Those interested in sponsoring or attending the event, “Prevention Is Better Than the Cure,” can contact the foundation office at 360-417-7144.

“We encourage you to attend this wonderful event,” said committee Chair Karen Rogers. “We have sold a record amount of sponsorships and therefore, 100 percent of all money raised at the luncheon will go toward local cardiac service care. To date, we have raised over $243,000.”

Special honoree at the event will be Betsy Schultz, who will deliver the survivor story.

Also speaking on heart health education will be Dr. Kara Urnes from Olympic Medical Heart Center and Dr. Fran Broyles from Swedish Medical Center.

The educational lunch promotes the idea that the key to eradicating heart disease is education.

“The purpose of our event is to inspire women to become more educated to improve their heart health,” Urnes said.

“Many women are surprised to learn that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women.”

In the past nine years, the event has raised money to benefit patients through the Olympic Medical Center’s cardiac program and save lives, according to OMC officials.

Proceeds from the events have also allowed the OMC Foundation to work with local agencies to launch a communitywide automated external defibrillator program.

All proceeds raised at the educational luncheon will benefit local patients with heart disease issues.

“We invite all the women in our community to join us at our inspiring luncheon,” Rogers said.

This year, funds from the luncheon will go toward the purchase of devices that give immediate feedback on the quality of compression and ventilator support during a code blue situation.

“Once again, we are raising money for something that will save lives,” Rogers said.

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