VIDOH and GVI Hold Walk to Raise Awareness for American Heart Month

Ready, set, walk! Get ready to lace up your sneakers as the V.I. Health Department and the GVI wellness programs join forces to host a “Heart 2 Heart Walk” to honor American Heart Month. The walk is to raise awareness of cardiovascular health and make heart-healthy choices.

“We are partnering with the Department of Personnel who have an initiative with GVI wellness programs for this walk to encourage all the active Cigna government employees that are registered to come out and celebrate with us for American Heart Month. Through the Department of Health, we are also inviting the community to come out and celebrate American Hearth Month as well,” said Diabetes Program Manager David Delgado.

Delgado said that their goal is 200 participants per event and they seemed to have already met their goal on St. Thomas as the event is currently sold out on Eventbrite for that location.

On St. Thomas, the “Heart 2 Heart Walk” will begin and end at Crown Bay Center on Friday, and on St. Croix, the walk will be on Friday, Feb. 9, and will begin and end at the D.C. Canegata Recreational Complex. Check-in for both walks will start at 5 p.m., and the event will begin at 6 p.m. Registration is still open for St. Croix and can be completed by clicking here.