Love Your Heart 2026 launches at Waterfront Park with free blood‑pressure screenings across San Diego

Unidentified Speaker 1, an event host, opened the program at Waterfront Park announcing the fifteenth annual Love Your Heart event and welcoming attendees: "Well, we're really excited because we're here at the beautiful Waterfront Park to celebrate our fifteenth annual love your hearts events."

Unidentified Speaker 2, an event announcer, said Love Your Heart 2026 "starts today" and confirmed the campaign will run through Valentine’s Day on Saturday, Feb. 14. Organizers framed the multi‑day effort as a push to remind residents to focus on heart health as part of Valentine’s Week.

Speakers at the event emphasized basic prevention steps and screening. An event presenter advised: "Know your blood pressure numbers," and described simple lifestyle changes — daily walking, taking stairs, eating more leafy greens and fruits, and quitting smoking and vaping — as ways people can reduce cardiovascular risk.

Unidentified Speaker 4, a presenter on outreach, described free blood‑pressure screenings "throughout San Diego," and called the effort a long‑standing binational partnership intended to "expand reach, strengthen prevention efforts, and reduce cardiovascular disease in border communities."

A presenter cited a national statistic to underline the stakes: "Each year approximately 800000 people in The US have a stroke," and added that high blood pressure is a leading risk factor and that lowering blood pressure reduces that risk.

The event closed with a reminder that, even as fewer people are dying from heart disease overall, heart disease remains common. Unidentified Speaker 1 urged attendees to have frank conversations with health providers and to get blood pressure checks regularly. The campaign is scheduled to run through Feb. 14, and organizers encouraged residents to take advantage of the free screenings offered across San Diego.