KENT STATE STARK IS PROUD TO HOST THE 2021 STARK COUNTY HEART WALK ON SEPT. 18.
Susan Seachrist lived for just two decades, but during that time, she inspired a community to come together to provide another chance at life. And while she died during her third open heart surgery in 1962, Susan鈥檚 memory lives on.
Dean Denise A. Seachrist, Ph.D., will help lead the 2021 Stark County Heart Walk as part of its Executive Leadership Team. She walks for cousin Susan, and many others in her family, including her father, who died from rheumatic heart disease when Seachrist was just 4 years old. She also walks for her brother, a heart attack survivor.
鈥淗eart disease can go undetected. People may have high cholesterol without even knowing it, and high blood pressure is known as the silent killer,鈥 Seachrist explained. 鈥淭here are so many reasons to participate in activities that generate awareness about heart disease and its many causes 鈥 whether heart issues run in your family, or not. You may be saving a life.鈥
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