Cheyenne-1.16.10-Go Red for Women
Hey everyone! My first visit was for the American Heart Association’s Branch: Go Red For Women. My mom got a car service to pick Violet up in Manhattan, and then move on to the Bronx. Parker was unable to become because she had an appointment that day.
I wasn’t nervous. But I had a stomachache. I knew I had to go so I got in the car feeling like I had to throw up. I don’t know why. The same thing had happened the night before in the car. It might have been motion sickness. We met Violet and drove to the Bronx. When we got there, Violet and I waited in the lobby of the Hospital. Dr. Lynne Holden, one of our contacts, gave us stacks of sign-up cars. Along with a couple dozen little red dress pins that one would get free when signing up for their emails. We were given the task of distributing them. It was a very small event that was mostly focused on Lynne’s organization, Mentoring in Medicine. Amana, our Go Red contact, could not make it to the event because she was sick. I think she was supposed to make a speech, but sense she didn’t come; there wasn’t much going on about Heat Disease. There was one game in the beginning. Someone would come up from the audience, and a cause of heat disease like diabetes or gender was held above their heads. The person had to ask the audience yes or no questions about the cause. If they got it, they won 20 dollars. Only 3 people went up. None of them got it. They were all minority students so some of them barely had a high school education. This was why it was a Mentoring in Medicine gathering. By the middle of the event, Violet and I were bored because most of the event was speeches. It was weird because there were a few people who sang. One guy sang something like “Old Man River” or something. I wanted to laugh because he had this regular voice when he spoke, but when he sang his voice was deeper than Barry White’s. I didn’t learn much, except that Heart Disease can be caused by age, gender, and race and from having diabetes. So Nick Jonas would be at a different chance of getting heart disease than a 40 year-old black woman without diabetes. Different causes have different risks. And heart disease is the number one killer of women in America. We called a cab service instead of a car service to go back and my stomach had dropped to hell. But I think the next visit on February 5th will go better because it’s more interactive and interesting. I have gone to a lot of them before and they aren’t as boring as the speeches. I’m also looking forward to meeting Amanda. I also want to make sure I can take pictures or a video to post!
Love, Cheyenne