This September marks Heart Month, and on 25 September the Irish Heart Foundation is organising the biggest countrywide walking day of the year.
We’re encouraging communities across the country to get involved in our Big Heart Walks and enjoy a 5km walk by themselves, with their friends or with a group.
By walking 5km and raising €1 for each kilometre walked, every person that gets involved will help us get one step closer to our target of transforming 50,000km into €50,000.
This autumn the Irish Heart Foundation launched its heart attack campaign countrywide. Money raised from Big Heart Walks will continue to raise awareness of heart attack symptoms and prevention among men aged 40-plus. With the help of the public, we can ensure more husbands, brothers and sons get to hospital at the first sign of heart attack.
Every 5km counts and each €5 raised from the Big Heart Walks will remember the five men under the age of 65 that die of heart attack every week in Ireland.
By putting on their walking shoes on 25 September, our big heart walkers will be taking vital steps to save more lives from heart attack. A 5km walk will make you feel good and more importantly, brisk walking helps reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.
We’re calling on the public to get involved on 25 September and make their 5km count. For more information on Big Heart Walks, celebrating World Heart Day, call Ciara at 01 668 5001 or visit www.irishheart.ie/bigheartwalks.
Michael O’Shea
Chief executive,
Irish Heart Foundation
