WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (May 22, 2024) — Heart care is the new self-care according to the Palm Beach County 2024 Go Red for Women Luncheon’s energetic keynote speaker, Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum. Steinbaum, a New York-based cardiologist of more than 20 years and a champion of the national Go Red for Women movement, encouraged the 400 luncheon attendees to take their heart health seriously.
The luncheon celebrated the culmination of this year’s local Go Red for Women campaign, which brings awareness and funding to women’s heart health. Heart disease is the No. 1 cause of death for adults in the United States, and the No. 1 cause of death for moms.
“More than twenty years ago, Go Red for Women was launched as a movement to bring attention to women’s heart health,” says Pam Rauch, 2024 Palm Beach County Go Red for Women chairwoman and a Florida Power & Light Company vice president. “That means more women participating in heart research, more funding for science, and a bigger push for heart health awareness among our moms, daughters, friends and more.”
The luncheon highlighted the local work of this year’s Woman of Impact and Teen of Impact nominees: Dr. Abeer Aziz-Siddiqui with HCA Florida, Kimberly Lea with Palm Beach State College, Angel O’Neal with HCA Florida Primary Care, Desiree Reavis with Omni, Dr. Deeawn Roundtree with Roundtree Training & Consulting, and teens Ella McDermott and Katherine Yang.
Each nominee fundraised and participated in activities to raise awareness for heart health in women over a nine-week campaign. The 2024 Palm Beach County Woman of Impact is Dr. Deeawn Roundtree, and the Teen of Impact is Ella McDermott.
“We are grateful to everyone who has helped elevate the Go Red for Women message and raised critical funds in support of our local mission,” Rauch says. “This work is far from over, but from improving nutrition access in local food deserts to providing free blood pressure resources at libraries and churches, we are making considerable progress in helping this community improve cardiovascular health.”
Go Red for Women is nationally sponsored by CVS Health and Together to End Stroke is nationally sponsored by Encompass Health. Sponsors of Go Red for Women in Palm Beach County include Florida Power & Light Company, Blue Lake Service, The Garcia Companies, HCA Florida Healthcare, supported by the HCA Healthcare Foundation, Mount Sinai New York, CITY Furniture, Comcast, Cross Country, The GEO Group Foundation, Medtronic, Pike Electric, Quanta Infrastructure Solutions Group, LLC, rbb Communications, Utility Power, ACRT, Ash Grove, The Atlantic Group at Morgan Stanley, AV-Worx, Bank of America, CEI, Inc., Cornerstone Solutions, Curley & Pynn Public Relations, Economic Council of Palm Beach County, Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Gunster, Jupiter Medical Center, Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A., McNicholas & Associates, Oxbow, Rogers Design Group, Stuart Cardiology Group, The Spear Group and Wellington Regional Medical Center. Media sponsors are WPBF, Hubbard Radio West Palm Beach, Florida Weekly and Jupiter and Stuart Magazines.
For more information about the Palm Beach County Go Red for Women movement and the Woman and Teen of Impact initiatives visit Heart.org/PalmBeachGoRed.
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