Riley Heart Center participates in the 2009 AHA Start! Walk

The Riley Heart Center (surgery, cardiology, research) quadrupled and more their participation from last year in the 2009 AHA Start! Walk on Saturday, September 19, 2009, with more than 100 walkers participating.  This included clinicians, nurses, staff, patients, researchers, technicians and family members.  They raised $3,000 with more funds coming in and the hope that a $4,000 goal will be reached.  The Wells Center research component alone had 40 walkers and raised $2,000, quite an increase from 15 walkers last year.  The American Heart Association holds the walk to raise funds to support groundbreaking medical research and to spread lifesaving knowledge and achieve stronger, longer lives for people in Indianapolis.  In 2008 walkers and corporate sponsors raised more then $700,000, which was used to help fund life-saving research.