When I was 9 years old, my father died of a massive heart attack.  He was only 30 years old.  Then my mother in law had a heart attack and was in the hospital last year.  Thanks to God that she survived.  Heart health is something that is very important to me.  It’s why I jumped at the chance to help spread the about a new campaign for Cheerios.

Did you know that high cholesterol is one of the major controllable factors in woman’s coronary heart disease?  Did you also know that it’s the number one cause of death for women?  Yeah, I didn’t either.

“A recent study conducted by Harris Interactive for Cheerios found that more than one-third of adults (37 percent) have not had their cholesterol checked within the past year. Those with limited access to adequate healthcare may not get regular cholesterol screenings and thus are at an even greater risk for heart disease.”

It’s why Cheerios has launched Circle of Helping Hearts. On specially marked packages of Cheerios cereal, there is a code. For every one of these code’s entered at www.cheerioshelpinghearts.com, Cheerios will donate $1.00 (up to $200,000.00) to raise awareness and provide screenings for women in need. This is an amazing opportunity for you to get involved, spread the word, and there’s even a prize thrown in for fun!

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I have THREE beautiful fresh water pearl charm bracelet’s to give away.  The heart charm is from Charity Charms, which donates a portion of the proceeds from its charms to various charities. By wearing your charm bracelet, you can show your dedication to raising awareness of woman’s heart health.

Seriously, this is a beautiful bracelet.  Fresh water pearls, and the silver heart charm and clasp.  Really lovely.  Do you want to know how to win it?  Of course you do!

Mandatory first entry:

  • The point of this is to promote heart health awareness.  So, leave me a comment telling me a story about what you are doing to take care of your heart.  Have you had your cholesterol checked recently?  Do you know your numbers?  What are you doing to reduce your risk of heart disease?  Leave me a comment and let me know your story ~ receive one entry. You MUST leave me your story first to be eligible for the additional entries!
  • Get your box of specially marked Cheerios and enter your code at Circle of Helping Hearts .  Come back here and post your badge (you get one…see the top of this post?  You can see mine).  Get one entry.
  • Tweet this contest and receive unlimited entries.  But you MUST leave me a comment each time you twitter linking me to the tweet.
  • Subscribe to my blog and receive an entry.  Don’t forget to leave me a comment that you subscribed.

*This contest will end on Monday April 6, 2009 at 11:59 pm, West Coast time.  I will choose THREE winners with Random.org on April 7th and notify them by email (don’t forget to leave me a valid one).  They will have 72 hours to reply.  Contest open to residents of the United States 18 years old and up.

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