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Help us ensure everyone in Colorado has the opportunity to live longer, healthier lives.

Colorado

Join the Nation of Lifesavers

Join the Nation of Lifesavers

Bystander CPR can double or triple a cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival. You could be the difference between life and death for someone experiencing a cardiac event. Join the Nation of Lifesavers and be ready to act by learning Hands-Only CPR.

Know Your Numbers

Know Your Numbers

Accurate blood pressure measurement is critical for timely diagnosis and treatment of individuals with high blood pressure. That’s why we work closely with community health organizations to empower Coloradans to measure and track their blood pressure and take steps to prevent heart disease and stroke.

Chicken Mole with Tortilla Strips

Chicken Mole

Mole (pronounced MOH-lay) is a rich, dark reddish-brown sauce made from onions, garlic, chiles and a bit of Mexican chocolate and is usually served with poultry. In our version, we use unsweetened cocoa powder instead of chocolate to reduce the added sugar and saturated fat.

Join 100 Ways In 100 Days

To celebrate our 100-year anniversary, we have a gift for you! Join our FREE, exclusive program to get an email each week for the next 100 days providing you with valuable health tips on eating better, moving more, and improving overall wellbeing.

Make 2024 your best year yet! Join now.

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Events in Your Area

Colorado Go Red for Women Luncheon

Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 04:30 PM

Register

Denver Heart Walk

Date: Saturday, June 1, 2024 - 09:00 AM

Register

In Your Community

The American Heart Association is committed to driving equitable health impact in Colorado through five key priority areas: women, addressing community needs, tobacco and vaping, patients, and healthy living. Equity is always at the center of our work, and it will continue to guide all that we do.

Through our focus on these key impact areas, and with collaboration among local organizations, sponsors, businesses, and others that serve the community, we are working to improve the health and well-being of residents around Colorado while saving and improving countless lives.

Throughout the state of Colorado, we’ve seen our community impact work grow, including efforts around creating avenues for greater access to care, expanding healthy food access and education, building a network of first responders through CPR kits in schools, supporting blood pressure screenings and education, and educating on the dangers of tobacco and vaping.

People are counting on us as never before. We at the American Heart Association, along with our supporters, will drive change, and we will be relentless.

Community

For more than 40 years, Advocacy has had a mission-critical role in the American Heart Association's work. Our legislative and regulatory priorities help to mitigate risk factors and protect survivors in communities across the country. We support the enactment of evidence-based public policies that lead to longer, healthier lives.

Public policy advocacy is an essential strategy used by the Association to affect necessary and sustainable policy, system and environmental changes that help the Colorado community build healthier lives free of cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Our efforts in Colorado and its communities are focused on the following policy areas: Maternal health, Access to Care Funding and Coverage, Nutrition Security, Health Equity Community Plans, Healthy Early Childhood Policies, Cardiac Emergency Response Plans and CPR implementation in schools.

Advocacy

Board Chair
Erin Amerlan 
Charles Schwab

Board President
Oswaldo Grenardo MD 
Centura Health

Leadership Development Chair
Ryan Beiser
PNC

Members

Dunbar Ivy MD
Children’s Hospital Colorado

Pam Jeffords
Diversity Works Group

Dustin Liljehorn
JE Dunn

Ben Miller
Premise Health

Rachelle Moulton
EY

Sean Nohavec
Plante Moran

Harry Sivadhas MD
HealthONE

Frank Sottosanti 
Marketing Professional


Contact Us

Denver (MAIL ONLY)

1777 S Harrison St.
Suite 500
Denver, CO 80210

Phone: (303) 801-4630

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Heart and Stroke News

Find science-based stories about heart and brain health and inspiring survivor profiles from American Heart Association News.