Stead Heart Month
Stead Heart Month is held in February as part of the center’s community education program aimed at improving the heart health of Inland Valley residents. The month is filled with educational classes, events and activities all geared toward raising awareness about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease. For more information, call the Stead Heart and Vascular Center at 909/865-9596.

Heartbeat Gala
The annual Heartbeat Gala is a dinner/dance to support the Stead Heart and Vascular Center and raise funds for the Stead Heart Endowment Fund. The endowment fund provides a source of revenue to purchase the most technologically advanced equipment and to offer education and outreach programs for our cardiovascular patients. The Gala event is held in February and was established in 1994. To date, more than $1 million has been raised as a result of generous donations made at the Heartbeat gala. For more information, please call the foundation office at (909) 865-9139.

Stead Heart for Women™ – Quarterly Lecture Series/Priority Special Events
Our lecture series and events focus on dissolving the myths surrounding women and heart disease. In an effort to realize our mission, we focus our attention on three core issues:  Weight Management, Nutrition and Exercise. Our guest speakers include experts and specialists in these fields who present the information in an atmosphere that is conducive not only to learning, but to having fun and camaraderie as well.  Our lectures are both informative and motivational, with an appeal to women of all ages, ethnicities and cultural backgrounds. For just $35 per quarter or $120 annually (save $20), your membership in Stead Heart for Women™ includes the quarterly motivational seminars as well as fitness challenge and walking club membership. Call (909) 630-7359 or visit the Stead Heart for Women™ link for more details.

Quarterly Fitness Challenge
For just $25 per challenge, or $90 (save $10) for an annual membership, participants receive a Fitness Challenge Packet including information about the Stead Heart and Vascular Center, the Fitness Challenge Program, a Walking Club Membership and T-shirt, a pedometer, a heart awareness Red Band Bracelet, a daily weight log, inspirational and motivational e-mails, and an optional consultation with an exercise specialist at the Stead Health and Fitness Center. For more information see our Education and Wellness section, or to sign up for a Fitness Challenge, please call (909) 630-7359. 

Walking Club
The Walking Club was established to help individuals in the community comfortably start an exercise program and to provide a support group atmosphere for its members. The club currently meets Saturday mornings at the Thomson Creek Trail in Claremont and will soon be rotating locations to include Chino Hills, San Dimas and Upland. The Walking Club is currently free. For more information, please call (909) 630-7359.

Fitness Center Health Screenings
Early detection of many cardiovascular diseases may mean the difference between life and death. At the very least, health screenings can increase your awareness of modifiable risk factors so you can make healthy lifestyle changes that dramatically impact your quality of life. The Stead Heart and Vascular Center offers a variety of screenings (with physician referral).

If you smoke; suffer from high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or diabetes; have been diagnosed with heart disease or have a family history of heart disease; or are over age 55, you could greatly benefit from our screenings. Make your heart health a priority, and ask your primary care physician to help you take advantage of these preventive and diagnostic screenings. Please call (909) 865-9831 for more information about all our fitness center services.