Scavenger hunt has heart
Zoom around downtown
London and participate in heart-healthy
fitness challenges for awesome
prizes — the Heart and Stroke
Foundation's second annual Hunt
for Heart event takes place on
April 26!
“Hunt for Heart is a scavenger hunt-style fitness challenge — it's very much like The Amazing Race,” said Denise Love, event coordinator at the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Teams of five people will hunt for clues around downtown. “The clues lead [teams] to seven different fitness and wellness stations where they'll be asked to do some sort of fitness event — it could be dancing, it could be TRX, it could be circuit training, things like that,” Love said.
There will also be lots of surprises, including some hearthealthy snack stations and a handson CPR demonstration — you'll have to sign up to find out more.
“It's a great way to get active, especially after this long winter,” Love said. “[People] have probably been cooped up inside too long, so this is going to be a great way to get moving and get ready for the warmer months ahead.”
Grab four friends and sign up as a team, or sign up as an individual to be placed on a team. Heart and Stroke is asking for each team member to raise at least $25 for the event.
“The money raised is going directly to Heart and Stroke research and programming,” Love said. It will support local researchers at Western University and Robarts Research, who are trying to find medication and recovery processes to “bring more survivors home.”
Prizes will be awarded to the top fundraiser, the fastest team and the best team theme, for teams who want to dress up.
But prizes are secondary to the main theme of the day: “We want to keep people active,” Love said. “Our big message is to have people stay active when they're younger so they make health last in their later years.”
The event takes place on April 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., beginning at the Heart and Stroke office (633 Colborne St.). Registration ends on April 5, so sign up soon! Register by calling Love at 519 679 0641 ext.227. For more information, check out fitforheart.ca.
“Hunt for Heart is a scavenger hunt-style fitness challenge — it's very much like The Amazing Race,” said Denise Love, event coordinator at the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Teams of five people will hunt for clues around downtown. “The clues lead [teams] to seven different fitness and wellness stations where they'll be asked to do some sort of fitness event — it could be dancing, it could be TRX, it could be circuit training, things like that,” Love said.
There will also be lots of surprises, including some hearthealthy snack stations and a handson CPR demonstration — you'll have to sign up to find out more.
“It's a great way to get active, especially after this long winter,” Love said. “[People] have probably been cooped up inside too long, so this is going to be a great way to get moving and get ready for the warmer months ahead.”
Grab four friends and sign up as a team, or sign up as an individual to be placed on a team. Heart and Stroke is asking for each team member to raise at least $25 for the event.
“The money raised is going directly to Heart and Stroke research and programming,” Love said. It will support local researchers at Western University and Robarts Research, who are trying to find medication and recovery processes to “bring more survivors home.”
Prizes will be awarded to the top fundraiser, the fastest team and the best team theme, for teams who want to dress up.
But prizes are secondary to the main theme of the day: “We want to keep people active,” Love said. “Our big message is to have people stay active when they're younger so they make health last in their later years.”
The event takes place on April 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., beginning at the Heart and Stroke office (633 Colborne St.). Registration ends on April 5, so sign up soon! Register by calling Love at 519 679 0641 ext.227. For more information, check out fitforheart.ca.
