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Chest Heart & Stroke Scotlandaffiliated heart & chest groups
LUNAR TREK1st - 30th September 2011
Planning your goal…
•• Youknowyourowngroupbetter
thananyone,andhowfaryoumightcollectively‘walk’inonemonth.
• Keepyourgoalrealisticsothatyouhavesomethingtocelebrateattheend,forexample,fromEdinburghtoGlasgow,oracrosstheEnglishChannel.
• TheInverclydeGlobetrottersalsousedthe‘walk’asanopportunitytofundraise.
Planning a celebration…
Attheendofyour‘walk’youwillreceiveacertificatestatinghowfaryou’ve‘walked’.
Youmayalsowishtocelebrateyourachievementinsomeway.BothforyourwalkandinhelpingtheInverclydeGlobetrotterstoreachthemoon!
Toregisteryourinterest,requestacopyofourinformationpackoradditionalinformationcontact:
Nicola Cotter Voices Lead Scotland
Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland Rosebery House
9 Haymarket Terrace EDINBURGH
EH12 5EZ
Email: [email protected] Tel: 0131 225 6963 www.chss.org.uk
ChestHeart&StrokeScotlandandCHSSareoperatingnamesofTheChest,Heart&StrokeAssociationScotland.
RegisteredinScotlandascharityNoSC018761
Where it all started...
•TheInverclydeGlobetrottersisanaffiliatedgroupmadeupof25peoplewithvariousheartconditions,whoattendaweeklyexerciseclassinGreenock.Tomaketheirexercisemorefun,theyrecordthestepstheytakeeachweek,bothattheclassandastheygoabouttheirdailylives,bywearingapedometer,andconvertingthestepstomiles.
Since2008theyhave‘virtually’:
• ‘walked’Route66intheUSA
• ‘visited’37Europeancities
• ‘walked’aroundtheworld
Theymarkeachnewachievementwithacertificate,andacelebration.
NOWwith45,000milesundertheirbeltthey’reaimingtoreachthemoonbytheendofSeptember.
Getting Involved...
Inspiredbythisgreatidea,ChestHeart&StrokeScotlandwouldliketoinviteallouraffiliatedgroupstojoininthis238,857milechallenge!!
TheLUNAR TREKwillbeheld1st–30thSeptember2011
Our LUNAR TREK pack has all the information you will need.
Reasonsforgettinginvolved
• havesomefun
• raiseyourgroup’sprofile
• increaseyourmembership
• helppeoplestayfit
• helpInverclydeGlobetrotterstoreachthemoon!
• …andmayberaisesomefundstoo.
How will it work?
• CHSSwillprovideapackwhichwillincludepossible‘virtual’routesandthenumberofstepsormilesforeach,andotherinformation.
• CHSSwillprovideCertificatesofAchievement.
• CHSSwillprovidepedometers.
• Weaskmemberstowearapedometertomeasurehowfaryouwalk/cycleordanceeachweek.
• Weaskthatyou‘checkin’regularly(preferablyweekly)withthenumberofstepsyoutakesothatCHSScancountthem.
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