Walk in support of heart disease and stroke

The Cheerios Heart and Stroke Walk for Heart will be held Sunday, Sept. 24. Call on your family, friends and co-workers, form a team of 5 and join participants at Heart Lake Conservation Area.

You will receive a team banner to decorate and walk proudly with on event day! Every step counts in the fight against heart disease and stroke! Register today at www.heartandstroke.ca/walk or call 905-451-0021, 905897-0366.

The Brampton walk includes both 2-kilometre and 4-kilometre walk options. Volunteers and staff hope to raise more than $80,000 and see 1,000 participants out on walk day!

There are some great incentive prizes available, and based on the amount of pledges you raise you can find yourself with a brand new pedometer, sports bag or a handy stay-fit kit. At $100, the first prize level, walkers will receive a Walk for Heart shirt. In addition, free participant packs filled with goodies from our sponsors will be available to all walkers while quantities last!

According to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, every day this year, 14 residents of Peel will be hospitalized because of heart disease. More than half (51%) of Peel Region residents are physically inactive and 20% aged 35 and over report they have high blood pressure. So put on your walking shoes and join the National Cheerios Heart and Stroke Walk for Heart which raises money for heart disease and stroke research!

Though the walk doesn't begin until 11 a.m., there will be a whole lineup of great entertainment and fun activities including a "Kids Zone" planned to kick off at 9 a.m. There will also be light refreshments, and a fantastic warm up led by GoodLife Fitness Club.

Organizers would like to thank all of the national sponsors for this event: Cheerios, Pfizer, Chatelaine, Discovery Health, Maclean's, Becel, California Walnuts, Celestial Seasonings, Dole, SunRype. Provincial sponsors, GoodLife Fitness Clubs and Specialty Care. Local sponsors include The Brampton Guardian, Brampton Neighbourhood Resource Centre, Jody Wordsworth: Broker with Re/Max Performance Realty and Justine Blainey Wellness Centre.

Registration for the walk can be done in a number of quick and easy ways. Call

905-451-0021 or 905-8970366 or if you have access to the Internet, you can visit www.heartandstroke.ca/walk to complete your registration form, and even raise your pledges online quickly and easily using online pledging too! Lastly, you can register in person, either in advance or on event day. Early registration is going to be

held Thursday, Sept. 21 and Friday, Sept. 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Brampton office. Onsite registration will begin at 9 a.m. on the day of the walk.

By raising pledges for the Cheerios Heart and Stroke Walk for Heart you will help fund much needed research that will make a difference in the lives of many.