Employees Wear Red to Raise Awareness for Heart Disease and Stroke

Employees across Cook Children's Health Care System participated in National Wear Red Day®, the American Heart Association’s signature women’s initiative, on Friday, Feb. 4, to raise awareness for women's heart health.

Through our various communications channels, including our newest Focus Newsroom, Internal Communications shares and promotes the awards/recognition that Cook Children’s earns (organizationally, departmentally, individually) from external associations and from internal programs, such as Peak Performers and DAISY awards. We believe that employee engagement is strengthened through telling the stories of our employees and making the connections their roles have with our Promise, patients, families and peers, such as through the weekly #WeAreCooksChildrens feature.

	"Today I WEAR RED & GIVE in honor of my HEART HERO, my son, Colton. He was diagnosed with Congenital Heart Defects at age 7 by his WONDERFUL Cook Children’s PCP… And his heart was “fixed” by THE AMAZING Cook Children’s Heart Center’s Dr. Tam a few short months later. He is far from “out of the woods” and continues to be monitored by some of THE WORLD’S BEST (Cook Children’s) Cardiologists… for now, we count our blessings and raise Heart Health Awareness every February." Amy Hopkins, RN, STAR/CHIP Case Management
	Audrey Rodgers, M.D., physician, Urgent Care
	Lauren Simpson, patient representative
	“Whoopee! I’m wearing red to support the AHA while working remotely today! (We can all use a laugh, right)?” Jamie Bankston, director, Clinical Education
	Theresa Nash, director, Food & Nutrition Services