February is American Heart Month- Plan Your Promotions

February is American heart month. Here are some promotional ideas for heart month you’ll surely fall in love with! Not just health care businesses, but all industries can observe American heart month to promote this social cause. and be part of a healthy heart awareness drive.

Heart disease is one of the leading causes of death among people  all over the world including the US. So, spreading awareness about heart health will go a long way in ensuring a healthy community. 2024 is indeed a perfect year to lead in this annual campaign with your employees and business associates to highlight your social commitment

In addition, heart disease affects people all ages, genders, and ethnicity. Common risk factors for heart disease include high cholesterol, high blood pressure and smoking among others.

Here are 8 ways to celebrate heart health during Heart Month:

Organize a healthy Heart Day

Inspire your employees and clients to  maintain a healthy life style;  by spreading messages about eating healthy and maintaining an active life style. Offer information to your team on how to make heart-healthy choices; and distribute branded promotional items that show your commitment to heart health. Choose giveaways like heart-shaped magnets and stress relievers that complement the theme of this awareness campaign. You can even choose custom heart health awareness products or diet planners that come handy for journaling healthy food and activities.

Promote Healthy Eating

Encourage your employees and customers to include more green vegetables and fruits in their diet and drink more water.  Handing out insulated lunch bags or food storage items will inspire your prospects to  eat homely meals instead of junk food from outside. Fruit infusers and fitness trackers  are also some of the other giveaways that will help your prospects to lead  and active life style

Celebrate National Wear Red Day

National Wear Red Day, which falls on the first Friday of February is  part of the American Heart Association’s GoRed for Women® campaign. Further, it is aimed at  raising awareness of the issue of heart health among women. Try outfitting your staff with branded red t-shirts and hats imprinted with  healthy heart message.

Host CPR Training Sessions

CPR or Cross Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation in the  first few seconds of a heart attack can indeed save lives. So offer CPR training  at your office for your employees to empower them to reduce heart disease-related deaths.  In addition, consider handing out heart shaped key chains, pedometers or stress relievers  printed with CPR tips to thank participants for learning about this life-saving technique.

Organize a health run in the community

Moreover, businesses can sponsor a walkathon or health run in the community to spread awareness about the importance of exercise in heart health, and to spread this message across to a wider audience. Hand out giveaways like exercise bands or custom caps printed with heart month messages as a token of appreciation to the participants. It will obviously make a tangible reminder of the event for a long.

Organize a steps challenge at work among your employees

Organize a friendly contest of making the maximum number of steps in a day among the employees, You can also use activity trackers to see which team takes the most steps.

Try a new recipe weekly

Ask your employees to share their favorite heart-healthy recipes. You can even organize a cookery contest for such recipes with prizes to win

Make Valentine’s Day “Love Your Heart Day”

Valentine’s Day offers a great  opportunity to highlight a healthy heart campaign because it is also a popular heart themed event  that people celebrate all over the world. Choose branded giveaways like plush toys, ceramic mugs, heart shaped sticky notes and more. Customize it with your message to celebrate the heart month.

Looking for more ideas and giveaways? Contact our friendly team for your creative promotional products to celebrate American Heart Month 2024. We will  help you find the best giveaways that fit the theme and your budget.