Organizational history

Sister to Sister: Everyone Has a Heart Foundation is a national grassroots non-profit organization with the goal of increasing heart-disease awareness and encourage "heart-healthy lifestyles" among women. It was founded by Irene Pollin, who is the current president, in 2000. Irene lost two children to heart disease and was inspired to bring free heart-disease screenings and information sessions to women, among which heart disease is the number one killer. They accomplish this by having National Women's Heart Day fairs across the nation, which were held in 12 cities last year (with more to come in 2006). Of the 10,000 women screened so far, around a third have been found to be at risk for heart disease.

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