It is time to climb up and take a seat on Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike.
The 30-seat bike is an annual spectacle seen and heard being pedaled along Joyce Avenue to Powell River General Hospital and back to Town Centre Mall. Teams of 29 take part, raise funds for the charity, and make lots of noise as they push through the timed course.
This year, the big bike will be seen on Monday afternoon, June 8, and teams are already forming. Heart and Stroke’s website for the event provides all the information people need to get on board or support a team.
“This fun, team-building event is a great opportunity to increase employee morale and your organization’s visibility in the community and all for a good cause” says Jami Christie, Special Events Coordinator of the Vancouver Island area office of the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
Due to the support of its donors and volunteers, the Heart and Stroke Foundation has played a significant part in research advances such as: the first in-utero surgery to correct a congenital heart defect; discovery of the hormone that controls high blood pressure; discovery that using a procedure called endovascular thrombectomy to treat major strokes caused by blood clots, cuts death by 50 per cent and significantly reduces disability in survivors.
Last year, over 70,000 riders in 200 communities coast to coast raised over $8 million for research which helps not only stroke patients and people with heart disease, but the families and friends of those Canadians too. The Big Bike has been a fundraising initiative for over 20 years.
