Houston, TX — For the fifth consecutive year, WHR has joined forces with The Methodist Hospital System, raising awareness and funds to help reduce the incidence of stroke in the greater Houston area.

Through The Methodist Hospital System’s fifth annual Stride4Stroke 5K Walk/Run on March 5, at Rice University, WHR is helping to increase stroke awareness through Houston’s only 5K dedicated solely to this debilitating disease.

"Methodist's Stroke Awareness Campaign, Stride4Stroke, is an important educational effort that will greatly benefit the health of our community. WHR Architects is pleased to be able to participate in this worthwhile initiative," said David Watkins, FAIA, Founding Principal and Chairman of WHR.

Methodist’s 5K Run & Walk is part of a comprehensive initiative called Taking Strides4Stroke: Community Stroke Awareness Campaign. The goal of the five-year campaign is to create a stroke education program model at Methodist that can be used by other urban hospitals and communities throughout the nation.

All proceeds will benefit the Methodist Neurological Institute and its stroke outreach education which serves all Methodist system hospitals.

For more information on the Methodist Stride4Stroke 5K Walk/Run, go to www.methodiststride4stroke.com or call 832.667.5867.

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About WHR Architects, Inc.
WHR Architects is a full service architecture, interior design and technology planning firm. The firm’s commitment to critical thinking is balanced by an ingrained empathy that results in both improved project outcomes and positive working experiences for their clients. With over 130 people in Houston and Dallas, Texas, Washington DC and New Jersey, the 31-year-old firm is working on projects throughout the US for top–tier public and private education and medical institutions. WHR was named the 2008 AIA Houston Firm of the Year and 2010 IIDA Texas/Oklahoma Chapter Firm of the Year. 

Among WHR recent and current projects: Stamford Health System in Connecticut and the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in New Jersey; At the Texas Medical Center, projects include The Methodist Hospital Outpatient Center, The Methodist Hospital Research Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Research Park Campus, Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences Building; and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Mid-Campus Building One. 
 
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