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AHA honors Janet McGregor

Janet McGregor, president of the 1997-98 Fayette

County Board of Directors of the American Heart

Association, has received the 1998 Volunteer of the Year Award

from the AHA. Area director Doug Halleen and field

director Mary O'Conner presented the award to McGregor.

McGregor is spearheading a "Benefit for the Heart"

for the Fayette County American Heart Association with staff members

of GymXpress in Peachtree City. The gym will host a number of events for the American Heart

Association on Thursday, Oct. 29.

As part of the day's fund-raising efforts, GymXpress will donate $50 to the AHA for

each new membership and all proceeds from the use

of the tanning beds. An AHA representative will be on hand from 5:30-8:30 p.m. to answer

questions and check blood pressures. There will also be

a "Jump for the Heart" beginning at 6:15 p.m.

McGregor is coordinating a Heart Walk team from the Fayette County Chamber of

Commerce and GymXpress will also enter a team in the

Nov. 8 event.

The Volunteer of the Year award is given to volunteers who serve the American Heart

Association and who have gone above and beyond the call of duty. "Janet is being recognized for

her outstanding dedication to the American Heart Association, for her hard work as the president

of the board of directors, and as the chair of the Celebrity Celebration event for the past

three years," said O'Conner.

For more information on the Heart Association and its programs, call O'Conner at

770-730-8440. For information on the Benefit for

the Heart, call GymXpress at 770-631-9901.

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