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Join the race to help save lives

Information on this page is provided by The Heart Foundation. For further information please contact:

Janna Alexander
The Heart Foundation
Email: JannaA@nhf.org.nz
Ph: +64 9 571 9195
http://www.heartfoundation.org.nz

With more than one in three of us affected by cardiovascular disease at some point in our lives, the chances are you know someone who’s had heart problems. So why not get your running shoes on and raise vital funds to help protect both the people you love and yourself!

Charitable Donation
The Heart Foundation leads the fight for heart health for all New Zealander’s. Help us save lives by making a $10.00 charitable donation when you register and you could win a year’s free membership at the gym of your choice, worth up to $1,200.

Heart Racer
ipod shuffle If you want to really make a difference get your friends, family and supporters to sponsor you as a Heart Racer. Not only will you be raising money for the Heart Foundation but you can earn back your registration fee and take part in your choice of Auckland marathon event for free.

The top 10 fundraisers will receive a free Apple Ipod shuffle.

ipod shuffle prizes provided by Renaissance.

You can become a Heart Racer and raise money for the Heart Foundation in 3 easy steps

Create your own personal fund raiser webpage
Email your story of why you want to be a Heart Racer to friends, family and colleagues
Your supporters donate using their credit card and their donation will be sent direct to the Heart Foundation trust account

Setting up your Heart Racer webpage only takes about 3 minutes. It's that simple - no tricky forms and no worries about collecting the money after the event.

How do I earn back my registration fee?
It’s really easy. Fundraise $500 or more for the Heart Foundation and we will reimburse the full cost of your registration fee.

Here's how your fund raising dollars will help!

Importantly, the money you raise will help save lives. Cardiovascular disease (heart, stroke and blood vessel disease) is the biggest killer of New Zealanders, totaling 40% of all deaths each year. Many of these deaths are premature and preventable.

The Heart Foundation is the nations heart charity and we are totally committed to preventing people's lives being devastated by heart disease. The Heart Foundation invests in pioneering heart research that helps save lives and we also run cardiac care, physical activity, smoking cessation and nutrition programmes, right around New Zealand, to help prevent heart disease and to help people recover from cardiac events. The Heart Foundation relies on charitable donations to carry on its good work and the money you raise does make a difference. Together we can help beat heart disease.

Heart Walkers 5km Walk
Heart disease can touch us all and what better way to support the Heart Foundation than by taking part in the Heart Walkers 5km walk, one of the Auckland marathon events. $5 from your registration fee will go as a charitable donation to the Heart Foundation. Walking is one of the simplest ways of improving the health of your heart.

** The Heart Foundation recommends people at risk of heart disease should seek medical advice before entering, and start training early.

Free post race massage for all our Heart Racers
As a thank you for the hard work our Heart Racers put into both the race and fundraising for the Heart Foundation, a free massage, generously provided by the Li Vevo massage team will be available to all Heart Racers at the event village in Victoria Park after the race.

Simply arrive at the Heart Foundation tent; let us know your name and we will place you in the capable hands of the Li Vevo team.