First Friday Go Red Recap

Despite the cold, drizzly weather, our Feb­ruary First Friday was a great suc­cess! Since our cel­e­bra­tion fell on National Wear Red Day, we decided to spot­light the Amer­ican Heart Asso­ci­a­tion and women’s heart health.  Shop­pers sipped on fes­tive Kir Royales and munched on heart healthy appe­tizers, cour­tesy of the Go Red Pin­terest page, of salmon cros­tini and fresh veg­gies with avocado-​​cilantro hummus.

Shop­pers were able to donate online to the Amer­ican Heart Asso­ci­a­tion, and in exchange received a $25 Clayton Gray Home gift card. We are excited to report that we raised $590 in just a couple of hours! The Clayton Gray Home team page is still active and going strong!! If you weren’t able to attend First Friday in person and would like to donate, please click this link to find our Clayton Gray Home page.  Donate any amount, print out the con­fir­ma­tion and bring into the shop for $25 Gift Card.

The Amer­ican Heart Association-​​Tampa Bay  donated Go Red dress pins for all of our atten­dees. So fab­u­lous! Shop­pers read about warning signs, risks of heart attacks and how women’s symp­toms are dif­ferent than men. A shocking fact, heart dis­ease is the number one killer of women in the United States? It kills more than all forms of cancer com­bined. We were lucky to have Cecilia Vargas, a RN from Tampa Gen­eral Hos­pital on hand to talk with guests about risks, impor­tant num­bers to know and how to improve your heart health. In addi­tion, to help us to hone in on our zen and find our chi, Kerrie Mersereau from Evola­tion Yoga talked about the ben­e­fits of yoga and med­i­ta­tion for stress relief and heart health. Spe­cial thanks to Evola­tion Yoga for the free class cards for our guests!

The evening wasn’t all about learning and sta­tis­tics, many of our guests knocked a few things off of their Valentine’s Day shop­ping lists. Yes, we do believe some even did some shop­ping for them­selves. Fab­u­lously Fun First Fridays.…a night not to be missed. See you all next month!

(PS, there is still time to check out our Valentine’s Day link)