Harper House took part today in National Wear Red Day. We joined millions of participants across the country to show our support in the fight against heart disease in women. The campaign, known as “The Heart Truth,” was created by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) to raise awareness of the #1 killer of American women.

“Many of our clients such as Pier 1 Imports support the movement, so we decided to get in on the act as well,” said Scherrie Stevens, Harper House’s Secretary and Controller. “It’s a good cause for the company to get involved and pull together.”

The Heart Truth campaign began to make women more aware of the dangers of heart disease. The goal of the campaign is to give women “a personal and urgent wakeup call about their risk of heart disease.” In 2002, The Heart Truth donned the red dress as their national symbol, and thus came National Wear Red Day.

Eighty percent of women ages 40 to 60 have one or more risk factors for heart disease, and one in four women died from the disease. The Centers for Disease Control reported that in 2006, 315,000 women were killed by heart disease, an astounding 233,000 more than stroke, the second highest cause of death in women.