The Heart Foundation is calling for people in Auckland to show their big hearts by volunteering for its single most important fundraising campaign of the year on Friday 25 and Saturday 26 February 2022.
With last year’s street collection cancelled due to Covid-19, the Heart Foundation is determined to make this year’s campaign the most successful yet, continuing to fundraise for life-saving heart research and other vital support services.
“Improvements in management of conditions such as heart failure, heart attacks and heart rhythm disorders are examples of some of the advances we’ve made to improve heart health outcomes for New Zealanders, made possible through generous public donations,” says Heart Foundation Medical Director Dr Gerry Devlin.
“We want to continue these incredible advances and enable our researchers, innovators, doctors and nurses to keep shifting the dial to improve heart health for New Zealanders and their families.
“This is why our Big Heart Appeal is so important. Our volunteers around the country make a huge difference to our ability to raise vital funds and transform the heart health of New Zealanders and save lives.
“We have had a good response from people across the country to collect funds for us during the two-day event but we still need more kind-hearted people in Auckland.”
Volunteers are being asked to help out for two hours over the two days. All volunteers will be provided advice on how to keep themselves and the public safe and follow any health orders for Covid-19 that may still be in place in February.
Heart disease at a glance:
• Heart disease is New Zealand’s single biggest killer, claiming the lives of more than 6,700 New Zealanders every year – that’s one person every 90 minutes.
• More than 170,000 New Zealanders are currently living with heart disease.
• The Heart Foundation funds cutting-edge research and specialist training for cardiologists, while our education and prevention programmes address heart disease head-on in the community.
• The Heart Foundation is New Zealand’s heart charity that is leading the fight against heart disease.
• Since 1968, it has funded more than $82 million in research and specialist training.
• As a charity we rely heavily on the generosity of everyday Kiwis to support our life-saving work.
Visit www.heartfoundation.org.nz/sign-up or call 0800 BIG HEART (0800 244 432) to sign up for the Big Heart Appeal street collection.
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Published 4 February 2022