National Wear Red Day celebrates 13 year anniversary

ATLANTA - Friday marks the 13th anniversary of National Wear Red Day. 

National Wear Red Day is held on the first Friday in February every year to raise awareness about heart disease being the number 1 killer of women.

In 2003, the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute took action against a disease that was claiming the lives of nearly 500,000 American women each year – a disease that women weren’t paying attention to.

"This is such an important cause to me and I represent Go Red For Women," said Miss Georgia International 2016 Amanda Moreno.

Heart disease and stroke cause 1 in 3 deaths among women each year, killing approximately one woman every 80 seconds.   The American Heart Association encourages you to wear red on National Wear Red Day to help support educational programs and increase women’s awareness and research about cardiovascular health.

From 11:00 a.m to 3:00 p.m., Haverty’s in Buckhead is sponsoring a Red Couch event.  The Metro Atlanta Heart Association is asking women who have been impacted by heart disease to come out and share their story for a chance to become a local spokesperson. 

"I go red for women, because I love all women on the planet and care for them," said 40-year-old stroke survivor Natalie Dossie.