Press Release
Rachel Anderson
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Happy Hearts Saves Lives
Cedar City, Utah, February 25,2018 -- Rachel Anderson, a
senior marketing major from Southern Utah University partnered with American
Heart Health Association to raise money for those suffering heart disease for
her EDGE project. The EDGE project is a program that allows students provide service
to his or her community. Southern Utah University provides this program for all
students to take and complete before graduating. It is an offered class course
where students can participate in a service project while earning college
credit for completing. Future employers of Southern Utah University students
can view and admire the act of service. Like mentioned above, Rachel Anderson decided
to complete her EDGE project with American Heart Health Association and studied
the research behind heart health.
1 in every 5 women are affected by heart disease. Rachel wanted to
make sure that her community was aware of this disease. Rachel pulled her
community together for a week-long fun filled fundraiser. Each day during the week
there were competition activities. Teams were divided into multiple groups. The
leader of each group were male figures from different organizations on campus. She
chose to have male leaders for this fundraiser so that the men can see how much
women are affected by this disease. With the help of her sorority sisters of Alpha
Phi, Rachel had a very successful week.
They all competed against each other to be the team to raise the
most money and win the most activities. At the end of the week the boys
competed in a fun pageant. The winner of the week was crowned at the pageant as
Mr. Heartthrob. All the money that was made was directly given to the American
Heart Health Association. Rachel hopes to have made her community more aware of
the importance of heart health. Raising over $10,000 in just one week is an
amazing accomplishment.
Rachel would like to thank her friends and family that supported
her throughout the whole week. She says, “I had the most stressful yet amazing
week of my life.” She also mentions that she, “would love to partner again with
American Heart Health Association in the future.”
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