Visit heart.org/cpr

• Find a Class 
• Become an instructor
• Family & Friends CPR Anytime - Training at home for the non-professional 
• Hands-Only CPR 

Visit heart.org/cpr

• Find a Class 
• Become an instructor
• Family & Friends CPR Anytime - Training at home for the non-professional 
• Hands-Only CPR 

Free Health Fair Kit: Online request form
   If you need large quantities, they may be purchased at www.krames.com/aha.

Free Reproducibles:

• Answers By Heart Fact Sheets: Lifestyle and Risk Reduction
  
• National Eating Healthy Day Kit  Nov. 6, 2013
  
• Wear Red Day Kit   Feb. 7, 2014 
   
• National Walking Day Kit    April 2, 2014
  
• Stroke Community Awareness Kit (May)
  
• Power Sunday Kit (May)
  

Advocacy in Illinois

Illinois EMS Alliance

Metro Chicago Multicultural Leadership Committees

Chicago African American Hypertension Project: Get To Goal

Chicago Hispanic Hypertension Project: Get To Goal

• Get With The Guidelines
   
• Professional Education Center
   
• Health Professional Go Red For Women 
   
• Mission: Lifeline Illinois
   
• Rethink Your Drink Webinar - accredited, free, online webinar for physicians, nurses and physician assistants presented by Illinois Public Health Institute and the American Heart Association. Expires April 25, 2015.

In Illinois during the past five years (2008-2012) the American Heart Association funded over $29.3 million in new research:

Children’s Memorial Hospital, Chicago
3 studies - $299,040
Loyola University, Chicago/Maywood
17 studies - $1,637,996
Midwestern University, Downers Grove
1 study - $308,000
Northern Illinois University, De Kalb
1 study - $293,881
NorthShore University HealthSystem Research Institute, Evanston
2 studies - $443,280
Northwestern University, Chicago
100 studies - $8,752,399
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
4 studies - $367,540
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science, N. Chicago
3 studies - $665,500
Rush University, Chicago
4 studies - $444,248
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
2 studies - $451,000
Southern Illinois University,Springfield
1 study - $142,469
University of Chicago
49 studies - $5,341,528
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
25 studies - $2,812,220
University of Illinois, Chicago
62 studies - $7,360,939

Nationwide, we invest almost $130 million a year ($3.4 billion since 1949) in heart and stroke research that has led to recent breakthroughs such as clot-busting drugs and drug-eluting stents. Healthcare providers learn about medical advances and new treatment guidelines though our journals, conferences and online courses.

In our 11-state Midwest Affiliate we currently are supporting 400 multi-year studies at a cost of $60,843,586.

Life Cycle of a Research Application

The American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate funds projects that help us achieve our Impact Goal: To improve the cardiovascular health of all Americans by 20% by the year 2020, and to reduce deaths from heart disease and stroke by 20%.

Applications closed; funding begins July 1.

2012 Grants to Illinois organizations include:

City of Champaign, Chicago
Irving Park YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago
CommunityHealth, Chicago
FAMA Center for Family Caregivers, Chicago

More information about the Community Action Grants

Julia Kersey  (312) 476-6684

Angela Guyadeen (312) 476-6602

Jordan Horst  (312) 476-6660