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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
WINNERS!
In conjunction with the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Movement
These women earned the most votes in the following categories HOlunNchHeOooWtneRlaitInENTADhlelNeRnMteEonRwaAinsSsYanc1e2TH
to become the 2016 Women Of Heart and will also receive a prize
package valued at over $2,000 including Susan Bella Jewelry
SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016 1. HEART CARE GIVER 2. HEART SURVIVOR 3. HEART EXPERT
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF THE MORNING CALL Honoring a woman who has made an extraordinary contribution as a Honoring a woman who suffers from heart disease or who has made Honoring a female professional in the fields of health care,
caregiver to family or friends affected by heart disease. a successful recovery from heart surgery or heart attack, setting an nutrition, exercise or education who has made an outstanding
example for other women to adopt heart-healthy behaviors. contribution to promote heart health among women.
Dana Vlasics
Dorothy Kresini Kelly Schadler
Dana’s son Sam was born with
a rare combination of two life- How would you cope with a Kelly Schadler is a nurse
threatening heart defects and damaged heart — a heart that has practitioner with the Lehigh
needed surgery when he was 4 been plagued with two attacks, Valley Health Network. She
months old. Now, at 5 years old, 14 stents, 18 cauterizations, one has worked for Lehigh Valley
she calls him her hero. Dana has angioplasty and, to top it all off, an Cardiology for more than
been an amazing mother and unworkable blockage? How would 20 years. Kelly works in the
ambassador. She saw what her you deal with the fact that your cardiology department at
family went through and now next attack could very well be your LVHN’s Muhlenberg campus. In
wants to help other families who last — quite a journey for any one addition to her normal schedule,
are fighting congenital heart person to travel? My friend Dorothy she works two weekends a
defects. Dana and her family were Kresini is, and has been, on that month. She is a caring, giving
involved in advocating for the journey for 19 years, displaying the professional who gives her
state HB 1420 law, ensuring that very qualities needed to survive this patients the best possible care.
all Pennsylvania newborns receive a pulse oximetry test before they onslaught. Her motto is “live, laugh & love” which she “lives” up to every She works extra hours and performs any function when a need
leaving the hospital. Pulse oximetry is a simple, painless, inexpensive test day of her life. Dorothy’s cheerfulness is so addictive and her courage so exists. I cannot imagine the cardiology department would be the
to screen for heart defects. Before the law, this test was not mandatory. outstanding, one cannot believe she has serious health complications. same without her. Anyone that knows Kelly would tell you she is
Dana has also formed the Sam Vlasic Foundation, which helps fund Dorothy considers her condition as an opportunity to encourage, inspire, a giving and caring individual who puts her patients’ needs before
families in the Lehigh Valley and special projects for St. Christopher’s and counsel others suffering with health issues. I am so proud to call her own. She shows that sensitivity to patients and family members
Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Ronald Dorothy my friend and I know she does not have room in her heart for alike. Kelly deserves special recognition.
McDonald Front and Erie House. Over the last 4 years, the Vlasics family more damage, because her heart is so abundant with love, compassion,
has raised more than $15,000 for the American Heart Association. generosity and kindness.
Gold Sponsors Table Sponsors
Tribute Wall Sponsor Prize Sponsor Media Sponsor
Platinum Patron Favor Sponsor Radio Media Sponsor
of Easton, PA
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WINNERS!
In conjunction with the American Heart Association Go Red For Women Movement
These women earned the most votes in the following categories HOlunNchHeOooWtneRlaitInENTADhlelNeRnMteEonRwaAinsSsYanc1e2TH
to become the 2016 Women Of Heart and will also receive a prize
package valued at over $2,000 including Susan Bella Jewelry
SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016 1. HEART CARE GIVER 2. HEART SURVIVOR 3. HEART EXPERT
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION OF THE MORNING CALL Honoring a woman who has made an extraordinary contribution as a Honoring a woman who suffers from heart disease or who has made Honoring a female professional in the fields of health care,
caregiver to family or friends affected by heart disease. a successful recovery from heart surgery or heart attack, setting an nutrition, exercise or education who has made an outstanding
example for other women to adopt heart-healthy behaviors. contribution to promote heart health among women.
Dana Vlasics
Dorothy Kresini Kelly Schadler
Dana’s son Sam was born with
a rare combination of two life- How would you cope with a Kelly Schadler is a nurse
threatening heart defects and damaged heart — a heart that has practitioner with the Lehigh
needed surgery when he was 4 been plagued with two attacks, Valley Health Network. She
months old. Now, at 5 years old, 14 stents, 18 cauterizations, one has worked for Lehigh Valley
she calls him her hero. Dana has angioplasty and, to top it all off, an Cardiology for more than
been an amazing mother and unworkable blockage? How would 20 years. Kelly works in the
ambassador. She saw what her you deal with the fact that your cardiology department at
family went through and now next attack could very well be your LVHN’s Muhlenberg campus. In
wants to help other families who last — quite a journey for any one addition to her normal schedule,
are fighting congenital heart person to travel? My friend Dorothy she works two weekends a
defects. Dana and her family were Kresini is, and has been, on that month. She is a caring, giving
involved in advocating for the journey for 19 years, displaying the professional who gives her
state HB 1420 law, ensuring that very qualities needed to survive this patients the best possible care.
all Pennsylvania newborns receive a pulse oximetry test before they onslaught. Her motto is “live, laugh & love” which she “lives” up to every She works extra hours and performs any function when a need
leaving the hospital. Pulse oximetry is a simple, painless, inexpensive test day of her life. Dorothy’s cheerfulness is so addictive and her courage so exists. I cannot imagine the cardiology department would be the
to screen for heart defects. Before the law, this test was not mandatory. outstanding, one cannot believe she has serious health complications. same without her. Anyone that knows Kelly would tell you she is
Dana has also formed the Sam Vlasic Foundation, which helps fund Dorothy considers her condition as an opportunity to encourage, inspire, a giving and caring individual who puts her patients’ needs before
families in the Lehigh Valley and special projects for St. Christopher’s and counsel others suffering with health issues. I am so proud to call her own. She shows that sensitivity to patients and family members
Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Ronald Dorothy my friend and I know she does not have room in her heart for alike. Kelly deserves special recognition.
McDonald Front and Erie House. Over the last 4 years, the Vlasics family more damage, because her heart is so abundant with love, compassion,
has raised more than $15,000 for the American Heart Association. generosity and kindness.
Gold Sponsors Table Sponsors
Tribute Wall Sponsor Prize Sponsor Media Sponsor
Platinum Patron Favor Sponsor Radio Media Sponsor
of Easton, PA
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