“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” - Lao Tzu
Walgreens Way to Well Commitment™ is a new initiative to improve the everyday health of Americans nationwide. Our goal is to reach millions of people with prevention education and resources to help prevent today’s leading diseases: heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
That’s why, over the next four years, Walgreens will bring $100 million in preventive health care resources, health testing services and charitable programs to its more than 7,600 stores in thousands of communities nationwide.
Our Walk with Walgreens program was created as an active piece of the Way to Well Commitment™. Made to inspire and motivate Americans, it’s an incredibly simple way for many people to participate in taking steps toward good health together.
As part of the Way to Well Commitment™, Walgreens is working with the nation’s top health organizations, including the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, American Diabetes Association and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. In addition to walking for your health, you can walk to support these important causes. See below to find out how.
Beginning February 1, 2012 through January 31, 2013, 1¢ from the purchase of every Walgreens Brand Health & Wellness Product, up to $3 million annually, will support bringing preventive wellness services to local communities through the Walgreens Way to Well Fund™.
Walgreens Way to Well Fund will provide free preventive health tests, as well as other health and wellness services and education, to local communities. Some of those services will include preventive health tests through the National Urban League Walgreens Wellness Tour and vouchers redeemable in select stores.
For more on Walgreens Way to Well Commitment and the Way to Well Fund, visit walgreens.com/waytowell.
At the American Heart Association, we know that cardiovascular diseases including stroke impact far more people than just those who suffer from these diseases. As the No. 1 killer in the U.S. and even the world, cardiovascular diseases impact millions of families, friends and loved ones. However, approximately 80% of cardiovascular diseases can be prevented. Proper physical activity – such are regular walking – is a key component of prevention. The American Heart Association has many resources and tools to help individuals increase their physical activity and make it a lifelong healthy habit. One marquee event for the Association which has served as a great catalyst for change for millions of Americans is the annual Heart Walk. Each year, over one million participants in over 300 cities across the country participate to help other and help themselves live a healthier lifestyle. To locate and register for a Heart Walk near you, visit www.heartwalk.org.
Choose You is an empowering movement created by the American Cancer Society that inspires women to put their health first and make healthy lifestyle choices to stay well and help prevent cancer. About half of all cancer deaths could be prevented if people maintained a healthy weight through diet and regular exercise; avoided tobacco products; and got recommended cancer screening tests. The American Cancer Society saves lives and creates a world with less cancer and more birthdays by helping people stay well, helping people get well, by finding cures, and by fighting back against cancer. Visit chooseyou.com and join the movement.
Nancy G. Brinker promised her dying sister, Susan G. Komen, she would do everything in her power to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which is now the world’s largest breast cancer organization and the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer with more than $1.9 billion invested to date. For more information about Susan G. Komen for the Cure, breast health or breast cancer, visit www.komen.org or call 1-877 GO KOMEN.
The American Diabetes Association is leading the fight to Stop Diabetes and its deadly consequences and fighting for those affected by diabetes. Our Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes events are a celebration of those who have the courage to live with diabetes each and every day, an opportunity to remember those we’ve lost to the disease and an inspirational experience that empowers our walkers to keep up the fight to Stop Diabetes until a cure is found. Funds raised at Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes events, helps fund research to prevent, cure and manage diabetes; deliver services to hundreds of communities; provide objective and credible information; and give a voice to those denied their rights because of diabetes. Founded in 1940, the mission of the Association is to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Click here for more information.
JDRF is setting the agenda for type 1 diabetes research worldwide. JDRF is committed to transforming the lives of people with type 1 diabetes while speeding progress toward our ultimate mission of finding a cure for diabetes and its complications. JDRF-funded research has led to many landmark advances in type 1 science. Through the dollars raised at the Walk to Cure Diabetes, JDRF is providing a commitment and the passion to deliver a better life to millions of people with type 1 diabetes—and someday, to deliver a world without it. To learn more about JDRF, visit www.jdrf.org
