Eddie Johnson’s Heart Disease Fund of Colusa County has been established through the Community Foundation of Colusa County with the goal that it will provide educational services, nutritional guidance and outreach for the residents of Colusa County who have been impacted by or who are concerned with heart disease issues.  Established by Eddie Johnson, this fund has been created with the vision in mind that it will provide educational materials, nutritional services, outreach and support for Heart Health.  To this end, the fund would like to provide the following:

Education:

Support Groups

            Films on heart disease

            Resource lists of whom to call for service

            Symptom recognition

            The importance of regular checkups

            Equipment compatibility

            Heart disease library

            Free heart checkups (on site, at different locations throughout the county.)

Nutrition:

            Wise food choices

            Recipes

            Safe food preparation

            Exercise programs

            Co-op with local farmers to provide fresh fruit and vegetables

            Grow your own heart healthy garden

Outreach:

            Bi- lingual volunteer outreach

            Create a registry of heart patients in Colusa County for direct mailing to inform them of this
            program.
            Countywide door to door notification of program and the importance of heart health, focusing
            specifically on Senior Centers, nursing homes and rural areas.
            Health fair

“We know that this is a large and optimistic program and that it will take a long time for it to become the program of Mr. Johnson’s vision.  However, this program seems to have a lot of things that can be made available to the community quickly” said Ben Felt, Executive Director for CFCC.  “By partnering with existing programs within the community, this program should be able to begin to have a public presence within a very short time, and though the full benefit to the community will take longer, we believe that it is attainable.”

If you would like to donate to Eddie Johnson’s Heart Disease Fund, donations can be sent to 2967 Davison Court, Suite C, Colusa, CA 95932, or made at the Colusa branch of Wells Fargo Bank.