All across OhioHealth, care sites will celebrate American Heart Month in February through various events. Locally, OhioHealth MedCentral will engage our patients and our community with the following:
American Red Cross Blood Drive
Feb. 13 at 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Gayle Rife Auditorium at OhioHealth MedCentral Mansfield Hospital, 335 Glessner Avenue, Mansfield
It’s time to show your love this Valentine’s Day by giving blood at Mansfield Hospital’s first blood drive of 2015. To schedule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS or visit redcrossblood.org, sponsor code: MedCentralMansfield.
Donors will be eligible to win Kroger gift cards for gas or groceries.
A Moveable Feast, in partnership with OhioHealth
Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Mansfield Art Center, 700 Marion Avenue, Mansfield
OhioHealth has partnered with A Moveable Feast, a local organization that specializes in providing a farm-to-plate supper club experience. In addition to a menu focused on heart healthy choices, OhioHealth MedCentral experts will be present to provide easy-to implement tips to improve cardiovascular health. To attend, visit A Moveable Feast’s Heart Healthy event on Facebook and click the link to purchase tickets.
Mended Hearts Dinner
Feb. 26, 2015 at 6 p.m.
Location: Café on Main, 28 North Main Street, MansfieldThe Mended Hearts support group dinner brings together heart patients as they celebrate various points in their healing process. The event features cooking demonstrations and a panel discussion with local heart and vascular physicians and nurses.
HeartChase Team Registration
OhioHealth MedCentral presents the American Heart Association’s HeartChase community adventure game, which will be held Saturday, May 2. Two to five person teams of all ages and activity levels will compete in 10 fun checkpoint challenges throughout Downtown Mansfield. The HeartChase event is known to be a cross between Amazing Race and Minute to Win It, and the team with the most points at the end of the clock wins. Register for HeartChase Mansfield at www.HeartChase.org.
