Sunkist S’alternative Pledge: Help Fight Heart Disease

You all know how important the fight against heart disease is to me. Well Sunkist Lemons has a way to help the fight! They are helping to raise awareness of this disease. Heart disease is one of the biggest causes of deaths and in many cases it is the silent killer. You don’t always know you have it until it is too late.

“When it comes to being healthy and fit, it’s the little things you do each day that make a difference,” said Susan Gurley, Sister to Sister’s Executive Director. ” We empower women through positive messaging to make simple, manageable lifestyle changes in their daily lives to lead to improved heart-health and using fresh Sunkist lemon juice to flavor food is a healthy choice.”

My father knew he had heart disease and did everything he was supposed to do but I can tell you there is nothing worse than watching someone you love die from heart failure. It is long and drawn out. With each day that passed my dad got weaker and weaker until finally his heart just stopped. For my family it was the worst eight months of our lives. That is why this is one pledge that I will be taking myself.

 

Sunkist and the Sister to Sister Foundation

Sunkist has partnered with the sister to Sister Foundation to help fight women’s heart disease. Taking part is easy, just head over to the Sunkist Salternative Pledge page between May 6 and May 31 and take the pledge. The pledge is that you will replace the salt shaker with one lemon (easy right?) When you do this Sunkist will donate one dollar (up to $10,000) to the Sister to Sister Foundation, the first national organization dedicated to women’s heart disease prevention. I already went over and took the pledge. I am asking all of you wonderful readers to head over and do the same thing. Together we can help fight this disease.