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The American Heart Association is excited to introduce CEO Nancy Brown's new blog for AHA volunteers. Ceo.heart.org/volunteers is a forum where Nancy shares her thoughts with volunteers, as well as updates on American Heart Association activities, through weekly blog postings. Nancy encourages volunteers to respond to her posts with their thoughts and ideas.


In addition to Nancy's blog entries, site features include video updates, books Nancy has recently read, quotes, calendar of AHA events and a CEO Spotlight. The CEO Spotlight is a weekly section highlighting volunteer achievements or collaborations between volunteers and AHA staff. We welcome your suggestions for the CEO Spotlight, so let us know about your recent AHA volunteer activities or those of a fellow volunteer.

To see what it's all about:

Go to http://ceo.heart.org/volunteers/ and click on the "Register" link at the bottom of the page.

Fill in your username (please use firstname.lastname), password of your choosing, e-mail address, first name, last name, and invitation code (which is volunteer-gra), then click "register."

You'll soon receive a confirmation e-mail. Please click on the confirmation link in the e-mail to activate your account and then re-enter your username and password to access the site. If you experience any difficulties with registration, please e-mail blog.admin@heart.org.

And don't forget to also check out our You're the Cure blog for the latest updates on AHA's federal efforts on healthcare reform. Eighty million Americans suffer from cardiovascular diseases and too many of them cannot afford the health care they need. Urge your lawmakers to work together to pass meaningful health reform legislation this year. It only takes a click to send your message today!

Thank you for all you do to help fight our nation's No. 1 and No. 3 killers, heart disease and stroke!

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Welcome to the online home for American Heart Association advocacy in the Great Rivers Affiliate! The Great Rivers Affiliate includes Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

We update regularly about our ongoing legislative issues (for example: tobacco prevention and cessation, childhood obesity, nutrition, stroke and STEMI systems of care, etc). We hope this blog proves to be a resource to keep our amazing advocates up-to-date with our fast-paced legislative happenings!

You don't have to be a doctor to save lives - just an advocate with the American Heart Association and its division the American Stroke Association. In just a few moments, you can make a huge difference. All you have to do is respond to the issues and action alerts that you feel are important.

Join You're the Cure today!