The “Red Ball” to benefit education to stop strokes or “Brain Attacks” in the Valley will be held on Saturday evening, April 29, 2023 at the Venezzia The Venue, located next to the Brownsville Events Center at Five Event Center Drive in Brownsville.
The black-tie event will be an elegant evening featuring a short program about what have been done in the past six years , featuring Valley residents who have survived a stroke. In addition, there will auction items, great food and beverages and musical entertainment.
“For the sixth year in a row, Cameron County cities are joining forces together with the Stroke Research & Education Foundation for a united local effort to fight stroke,” Valley Baptist Harlingen Medical Center, which is serving as
presenting sponsor for the charity event. “Sponsorship and support of this event will be used locally to help stop stroke … this is an opportunity for Valley residents, medical professionals, and the business community to come together, to help make stroke preventable, treatable and beatable, right here at home.”
Stroke is a type of cardiovascular disease which affects the arteries leading to the brain and the arteries within the brain. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood (and oxygen) it needs, and that part of the brain starts to die.
Each year in the United States, more than 795,000 people suffer a stroke. Stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States – and a leading cause of disability. In the Valley, many residents are at risk of stroke because of high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol.
Proceeds from the “Red Ball” event to stop stroke will benefit local educational efforts of the Stroke Research and Education Foundation, a 501c3 non-profit.
Contact us
For more information about the Red Ball Gala, call (956) 893-0534 or (956) 307-9966 (leave message) or e-mail redballRGV@gmail.com.
Tickets are available for pick up or print out.
Information is also available on Facebook at “The Red Ball - Benefiting Education to Stop Stroke in the RGV.”
The event is taking place at:
Venezzia the Venue
Five Event Center
Brownsville, Texas