The American Heart Association is celebrating 100 years of success fighting heart disease and stroke across South Dakota. Members of the Association invited guests and the public took part in a birthday celebration and ribbon cutting event on June 10Â at Start-Up Sioux Falls.
Since the American Heart Association was founded in 1924, deaths in the United States from cardiovascular disease have been cut in half. June 10 was the official founding of the Association, the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. After a century of saving lives with the American Heart Association, South Dakota is celebrating 100 years of collaboration as the organization looks to its second century of providing health and hope for everyone everywhere.
For the past 100 years, the American Heart Association has helped save and improve lives, launched scientific discovery and advocated for healthy public policies in communities across the nation. These bold moves have helped transform the nation’s health and significantly reduce heart disease and stroke death rates. View the historical timeline of the American Heart Association to see the accomplishments made since the Association’s founding. Notable accomplishments include, spearheading groundbreaking research, innovation and advocacy to fight cardiovascular disease and pioneering life-saving interventions.
To learn more about accomplishments in the first 100 years of the American Heart Association, visit heart.org/centennial.
