Washington
24/25 Youth Heart Ambassadors
Meet the nine Washington youth who are serving as volunteer Youth Heart Ambassadors supporting the Kids Heart Challenge and American Heart Challenge this school year.
Host a Heart Healthy Food Drive
Eating healthy meals is easier when families have nutritious foods to prepare. The American Heart Association encourages companies to host heart-healthy food drives. Our comprehensive toolkit includes guidance for providing culturally relevant foods, a map of local food access organizations, talking points, materials to promote your food drive and more.
Convening Hypertension Health Care Leaders
The American Heart Association hosted a Hypertension Summit, inspiring collaborative care strategies for the 2.7 million Washingtonians with high blood pressure.
Managing High Blood Pressure
1 in 4 adults in Washington State are living with high blood pressure. When left unmanaged, high blood pressure increases the risk for heart disease and stroke.
Increasing Equitable Access to Healthy Foods
Nearly 30% of Washington families struggle to access enough food to sustain a healthy life due to barriers like transportation, discrimination, the rising cost of healthy food and an absence of options that reflect cultural needs.
Tobacco & Vaping Prevention and Cessation
More than 1 in 5 high school students in Washington State report using an e-cigarette in the last 30 days. Donations and local advocacy efforts enable us to work to stop youth tobacco and e-cigarette use by enacting equity-focused policies and programs that support physical and mental well-being.
Investing in Community-Led Solutions to Health Disparities
The American Heart Association's Bernard J. Tyson Impact Fund invests in sustainable local solutions addressing social and economic drivers of health disparities in under resourced and disenfranchised communities.
Ginger Pumpkin Soup
Soup season is calling and the American Heart Association’s recipe for Ginger Pumpkin Soup is answering that call. On your table in about 30 minutes, this recipe includes lots of pantry-friendly ingredients.
Go Red for Women
Since 2004, Go Red for Women has addressed the awareness and clinical care gaps of women’s greatest health threat, cardiovascular disease. We haven’t done it alone. We reach our goals through your support of our vision for better health of women in Washington and beyond. While we have a lot to celebrate, we have more to accomplish. Join us.
Limited Time: 8x Impact for Healthy Hearts
Events in Your Area
National Wear Red Day
Location: Anywhere
Date: Friday, February 7, 2025 - 08:00 AM
Washington Heart at the Capitol Lobby Day
Location: WA State Capitol, Olympia
Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2025 - 09:00 AM
RegisterPuget Sound Go Red for Women Experience
Location: King Street Ballroom & Perch
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 - 04:00 PM
RegisterPuget Sound Hard Hats with Heart
Location: The Shop in Georgetown
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 - 06:00 PM
In Your Community
As a relentless force for longer, healthier lives, the American Heart Association Washington team joins forces with local organizations and clinics to advocate for and increase health equity.
Our collective efforts address pervasive drivers of health disparities, including discrimination and inadequate access to nutrition and quality health care. This work helps equip communities with the systems, resources and health education to achieve optimal heart health.
Throughout Washington State, our efforts to create avenues for greater access to care, increase access to nutritious, culturally relevant foods, develop blood pressure self-measuring programs and tobacco and e-cigarette education and prevention have impacted the lives of millions of Washingtonians. The pursuit of health equity requires listening, collaboration and coordination. We continue to evolve our efforts as we learn from volunteers, supporters and partners to best support our community.
What did donors and volunteers like you help us accomplish during our last fiscal year? Check out our Community Impact Year in Review to see the amazing impact of your donations.
Explore our Community Impact Strategies Overview highlighting our local health priorities, goals and strategies toward our organization-wide 2028 impact goal.
Advocacy has held a mission-critical role in the Association's work for more than 40 years. Our legislative priorities at the local, state and federal levels support the enactment of evidence-based public policies, systems and environmental changes that lead to longer, healthier lives, free of cardiovascular disease. Our efforts in Washington communities are focused on five major policy areas. Our advocacy priorities are: Tobacco Free, Quality Systems of Care, Healthy Eating, Active Living and Access to Care. You can support our efforts by joining our You’re The Cure network of volunteer advocates at yourethecure.org.
Learning your child has a heart defect can be an uncertain and scary time for a family. According to studies in 2010 and 2011, an estimated minimum of 40,000 infants are expected to be affected by congenital cardiovascular defects each year in the United States. Your family is not alone. The American Heart Association is investing in research to further our understanding of CHDs and supporting families like yours who are caring for a young heart patient. Our Heart to Heart: CHD Resources page for WA Families and Caregivers has more information.
When someone has a cardiac arrest, immediate CPR is critical and can double or triple a person’s chance of survival. According to American Heart Association research, 68% of Asian American adults surveyed said they would hesitate to perform Hands-Only CPR because they worry they might harm the person suffering cardiac arrest. Read more about American Heart Association Puget Sound, VP Community Impact Al Tsai’s personal experience with cardiac arrest and his message of encouragement for others to learn CPR.
Board Chair
Bill Robertson
CEO
MultiCare Health System
Board President
Shahriar Heidary, MD
Cardiologist
Sea Mar Community Health Centers
Members
Chad Brown
Founder CEO
CommEx Advisors
Brett Daniel, MD, MHA
Chief Medical Informatics Officer
Optum PNW and West Region
Bob Huskey
Vice President/GMM
Costco Wholesale
Ruchi Kapoor, MD, PhD
Cardiologist
UW
David Lundgren
Executive Division Director,
Center for Neuroscience & Spine
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Mjaye Leslie Mazwi, MD, MBChB
Co-Executive Director
Seattle Children's
Carrie Miceli
Commercial Industry Leader
Eagle Hill Consulting
Mark Mitchke
CEO
Delta Dental of Washington
Troy Stedman
President & CEO
Abbott Construction
Nicole Saint Clair, MD, FACOG
Executive Medical Director
Regence BlueShield
David L. Tirschwell, MD, M.Sc
Medical Director of Comprehensive Stroke Care
Harborview Medical Center
Susie Woo, MD
Cardiologist
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Contact Us
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601 Union St., Suite 2420
Seattle, WA, 98101
Phone: (206) 336-7200
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