2023 Sweetheart Society

from Orange Appeal March/April 2023

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The Orlando Heart Ball recognizes and celebrates the progress community supporters, and the American Heart Association, are driving to ensure healthier, longer lives for all people. The American Heart Association is committed to investing in and advancing health equity by removing barriers to health through community impact, scientific research, advocating for healthy policies, and more. The dollars raised by the campaign support priority issues in Orlando including CPR education, controlling blood pressure, improving nutrition security, and fighting the tobacco and vaping crisis.

THE ANNUAL CELEBRATORY EVENT is a night to honor survivors, patrons and volunteers of the American Heart Association, the world’s leading nonprofit organization focused on heart and brain health. The evening will feature stories from survivors, as well as dinner, dancing and an exciting auction. This year’s Orlando Heart Ball is chaired by Arnaldo E. Vélez, MD, vascular neurologist with Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute, and Marshall C. Cress, MD, neurosurgeon with Orlando Health Neuroscience Institute.

Counterclockwise from top left: Michael and Lauren Brusca, Sweetheart Society Chair; Heather Price, Kelly Wigington and Cindy Price (not pictured: Matt Price); Peter and Kari Fleck; and Kim and Jesse Martinez

The Sweetheart Society is a group of individuals from our community who are dedicated to making a lasting impact on the health of their neighbors. These women and men are year-round ambassadors who support the American Heart Association’s Heart of Orlando, an annual effort aimed at investing in and saving and improving lives in Orlando.

“I am proud to work together with the Sweetheart Society and the American Heart Association as we all advocate to make a difference in the well-being of people in Central Florida,” says Dr. Linus Wodi, board presi dent of the American Heart Association, Greater Orlando, and cardiologist at AdventHealth. “Together, we must continue to strive to do whatever we can to make a lasting impact on the health of our community.”

Not just for couples, the Sweetheart Society includes duos of all types including mother-daughter, best friends and survivor-caregiver, just to name a few. For more information on the Orlando Heart Ball or Sweetheart Society, go to orlandoheartball.heart.org or email Candace.Goodman@heart.org