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Las Vegas (NV) Chapter Health and Human Services Programming
The HeartLinks to Heart Health
The HeartLinks to Heart Health
The HeartLinks to Heart Health campaign aims to increase women’s awareness of heart disease and its dangers. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among African American and Hispanic women. Women of color also have high rates of the major risk factors for this disease including obesity, physical inactivity and high blood pressure. The Las Vegas (NV) Chapter incorporates heart health education into all of its health related programming. Learn more. Access The Heart Truth® brochure and The Heart Truth® For African-American Women: An Action Plan.
The National Breast Health Initiative
The National Breast Health Initiative educates the communities we serve about the importance of knowing one’s family history and the risk factors for breast cancer. Our goal encompasses advocacy and personal health record retention to ensure proper healthcare maintenance. We strive to provide mentoring, encouragement, and a safe haven for all to share personal journeys.
Each year, The Las Vegas (NV) Chapter supports those organizations that advocate for breast health and for finding a cure, including the efforts of the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure
The Walk for Healthy Living Signature Program
The Walking for Healthy Living Program teaches how healthy, sustained lifestyle changes can reduce the incidence of many diseases. The program’s goal is to encourage Links members, their families, and the communities we serve to improve their health by walking more. This is supported by the sponsoring of Links Walk-a-Thons and challenging members and the community we serve to take 10,000 steps each day. The Las Vegas (NV) Chapter incorporates the theme of healthy living and lifestyle in all of its health-related programming and activities.
National Donor Sabbath
Each year, the Las Vegas (NV) Chapter participates in National Donor Sabbath. National Donor Sabbath is observed annually on Friday through Sunday two weekends before Thanksgiving. In 2023 National Donor Sabbath will be observed November 10-12. In 2024, it will be observed November 8-10.
During National Donor Sabbath, faith leaders from many religions, donor families, transplant recipients, and donation and transplantation professionals participate in services and programs to increase awareness of the need for the lifesaving and enhancing gifts passed to others through transplantation and encourage people to sign up in their state registry as organ, eye, tissue, donors.
The National Mental Health Initiative
The goal of the National Mental Health Initiative is to educate Links members about mental health concerns such as depression, anxiety, and social issues that impact our physical and mental health so that our members can take the knowledge learned into our communities. Each Links program facet incorporates wellness into its programming. By strategically partnering with organizations that specialize in black mental health issues and by identifying and sharing resources that educate on how to seek and find treatment, we help eliminate the stigma of mental illness within the black community.
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Las Vegas (NV) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated
P. O. Box 370952
Las Vegas, NV 89137
