Join Americans nationwide on Friday, February 3, 2006 to celebrate the third annual National Wear Red Day. Wearing red shows your support for women's heart disease awareness. So take women's health to heart by wearing your Red Dress Pin, the national symbol for women and heart disease awareness. Or show off a favorite red dress, shirt, or tie and help spread the word that heart disease is the #1 killer of American women.

Unfortunately many women do not realize they are at risk for heart disease. That's why the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and its partners sponsor The Heart Truth—a national awareness campaign for women about heart disease. Use The Heart Truth tools below to get ready for National Wear Red Day 2006 and make a difference in women's lives in your community.

Plan a National Wear Red Day Event To help organizations, individuals, and communities plan and promote National Wear Red Day activities, NHLBI has developed a National Wear Red Day Online Toolkit. This F|R|E|E Online Toolkit will give you many ideas and resources to help you plan an exciting National Wear Red Day activity or event, including: Top Ways to Support National Wear Red Day—Around Town, At Work, and In The Media. Downloadable resources and outreach tools such as promotional Web banners, email alert, newsletter article, newsletter ad, poster/flyer, media alert, press release, official proclamation, and more. Materials you can view online and ordering information. Many are even available for immediate download. Click the following link http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/wrd/index.htm to check out the National Wear Red Day Online Toolkit.

Screen The Heart Truth DVD This new DVD contains a compilation of The Heart Truth's most popular video and broadcast segments. Featuring the 2004 and 2005 Red Dress Collection fashion shows, a 3-minute video with First Lady Laura Bush urging women to learn The Heart Truth, a 10-minute video featuring real women telling their stories of heart disease, and more. Arrange a screening in your community and feel like you are taking part in a Red Dress Collection fashion show while you help to spread the word about heart disease among women. Order item #56-258N at http://emall.nhlbihin.net/product2.asp?source=&sku=56-258N for $11.00 each.

Order Specially Priced Red Dress Pins SPECIAL OFFER - Now through February 28, 2006 In celebration of National Wear Red Day, order 1 - 24 pins to share with family, friends, and co-workers, and save 50 cents off the retail price of each pin. Order item #56-075N at http://emall.nhlbihin.net/product2.asp?source=&sku=56-075N. ONLY $2.00 each if ordering 1 - 24.

Subscribe to The Heart Truth E-zine Want to stay in the loop about The Heart Truth all year long? Subscribe to The Heart Truth quarterly E-zine! This e-mail update includes ways you can support National Wear Red Day, the latest information on campaign activities, moving stories from women about their real-life experiences with heart disease, a Partner Spotlight featuring their efforts to promote The Heart Truth, and a delicious heart healthy recipe. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/hearttruth/subscribe.htm