Tennova Healthcare and the American Heart Association launch Knoxville’s third year of Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign
2/1/2018
KNOXVILLE, TN (January 31, 2018) – Tennova Healthcare is proud to kick off American Heart Month by participating in the American Heart Association’s Little Hats, Big Hearts campaign. This program dons newborns with knitted red caps to raise awareness of heart disease, the number one killer of Americans, and congenital heart defects, the most common type of birth defect in the country. All babies born at Tennova hospitals during the month of February will receive a hat.
“Little Hats, Big Hearts brings attention to congenital heart defects—a condition that affects about 40,000 babies born in the U.S. each year—in addition to American Heart Month,” said Leonard Brabson, M.D., an obstetrician and gynecologist with Tennova Healthcare. “We’re proud to be part of this program as it brings together the community to rally around those families affected by congenital heart defects as well as to raise awareness of the number one killer of all Americans, cardiovascular diseases.“
Over 200 volunteers across the state of Tennessee and surrounding states have knitted or crocheted more than 6,000 hats to be used in the East Tennessee campaign this year.
Little Hats, Big Hearts began in Chicago in 2014. The project has grown to include 660 hospitals in 40 states handing out more than 100,000 hats. In addition to using red hats to raise awareness of heart disease and congenital heart defects, Little Hat, Big Hearts also drives awareness for the American Heart Association’s Support Network, an online forum for families affected by heart disease and stroke.
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