A Unique Experience
Feats for Heart perfectly exemplify how physical endurance and philanthropy can work together. Feats for Heart are various fundraising activities where participants fully devote themselves to a unique experience while raising money to support the advancement of research on cardiovascular disease. Sacrifice, courage and generosity… do you have what it takes to undertake a Feat for Heart?
Encourage One of Our Feats!
They all have heart… will you stand in their corner? Be generous and help one of our Feats for Heart teams or individuals raise funds for research on heart disease and stroke. We can accomplish wonderful things when we all put our hearts into it!
Twin Tour : Biking Across Canada
Lori and Nancy Buchanan
While everyone else in Canada is enjoying the short summer, Lori and Nancy Buchanan, identical twins from Pembroke Ontario will be hopping on their bicycles and pedaling an average of 140 kilometers a day to raise money for …
27 July 2011
Close to my heart
Sylvie Brunet
On January 31st, 2008, I was struck by an unstable angina event which brought me to the University of Ottawa Heart Institute where they saw that I had a 99% blockage. The doctors put in a stent. This is the kind of wake-up call I don’t wish …
28 August 2011
Quebec City Marathon 10 Km
Marie-Claude Desaulniers
Three years ago, my grandmother passed away at the CHUL after a long fight following a stroke. Last year, at the age of 48, my cousin died a few weeks after suffering a heart attack. It goes without saying that the health of those closest …
28 August 2011
Furnace Creek 508
Dany Bonneville et Patrice Pellerin
Revealed by athletes to be The Toughest 48 hours in Sport, the Furnace Creek event is an ultra-endurance challenge for bikers of all around the world. In 48 hours, bikers must cycle 508 miles (817 km) through the desert where the scorching …
8 October 2011
Patagonia Challenge 2011
Jessica Fortin and Jérôme Lacasse
For the past two years, I have been working in the field of health prevention and promotion. Knowing that many young people and adults have one or several risk factors for cardiovascular disease has greatly affected me. What’s even …
31 December 2011