Your Vote for Wholesome Snacks Can Help Support Women's Heart Health

HICKSVILLE, N.Y., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- America, your vote counts!  Kozy Shack® invites consumers to vote online for a winner in the "Switch To Kozy Shack" photo contest, where consumers were invited to replace empty-calorie food items in their fridge with delicious and wholesome Kozy Shack® pudding for a chance to win $1,000,000.  

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For each vote cast at www.switchtokozyshack.com, the company will donate 10 cents, up to $10,000, to WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease.  WomenHeart is the only national organization dedicated to advancing women's heart health through advocacy, community education and patient support.  

Close to 100 consumers participated in the challenge.  Each cleared out all the empty-calorie snacks in their home and replaced them with fresh, nutritious snacks – such as Kozy Shack® pudding made with simple, real ingredients, including fresh milk – and then submitted a photo.  The entries, posted online, are ready for public voting to select the winner.

Consumers can vote once daily beginning July 16 through September 15, with the photo garnering the most votes selected as the winner.  All entries are posted at www.switchtokozyshack.com in the online gallery.

Kozy Shack®

Noted as a "Supermarket Gem" by The New York Times, for its ready-to-eat wholesome and delicious taste, Kozy Shack® traditional products meet today's consumer lifestyle. For more than 40 years, Kozy Shack® has been providing the finest-quality, ready-to-eat refrigerated desserts. Packaged for convenience, the products are available in ready-to-serve portions in the dairy cases of food retailers across the country.  For this and other Kozy Shack® products, visit us at www.kozyshack.com or become a fan on facebook and share your passion for pudding.

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease

WomenHeart: The National Coalition for Women with Heart Disease is the nation's only patient advocacy organization serving 42 million American women living with or at risk of heart disease – the number one killer of women.  WomenHeart is solely devoted to advancing women's heart health through advocacy, community education, and the nation's only patient support network for women living with heart disease.  WomenHeart is both a coalition and a community of thousands of members nationwide, including women heart patients and their families, physicians, and health advocates, all committed to helping women live longer, healthier lives.  For more information and to get your free heart health action kit, visit www.womenheart.org/kit.

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