We need your support on the Big Bike Ride! Why?
- Heart disease and stroke represent two of the three leading causes of death for Canadians;
- More than 1.6 million Canadians are living with the effects of heart disease or stroke; and
- Nine in 10 Canadians have at least one risk factor for heart disease or stroke.
Your Contribution Gets Results: Whether it’s delivering breakthrough medical advances, effecting social change or educating consumers and healthcare professionals on how to prevent and manage heart disease and stroke, every dollar gets results that change lives.
Consider that your support is contributing to the health of Canadians right in your community. Here on Vancouver Island the Heart and Stroke Foundation has placed 85 Automated External Defibrillators (AED) as of February 2016. With most of the Sidney area, high volume centres covered, the most recent was placed in the Sidney International Ferry Terminal in April 2015 and this year the top fundraising Big Bike teams from each region (north and south) will win the opportunity to place an AED in their community!
About the Big Bike: One bike. 30 seats. 20 minutes. Two kilometres. One great team working to create more survivors!
The Heart & Stroke Big Bike is a team event geared towards companies, community organizations and groups. Teams are composed of up to 29 enthusiastic riders who each commit to fundraising in order to support heart disease and stroke research.
On event day, one of our drivers will accompany riders as they pedal through their community and celebrate their accomplishments!
Help heart disease and stroke survivors go home to the people they love! Register now at www.bigbike.ca to ride in Sidney on Tuesday May 24!
For details contact Jodi Gaiser at jgaiser@hsf.bc.ca or 250-410-8094.
