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Looking for a Rider or Team to support?
It's easy to find what you're looking for!
Step 1: Click on Find a Rider or Find a Team
Step 2: Enter the person’s first name and last name or team name
Step 3: Click search
Step 4: Click on the person or team name and you'll go to their fundraising page
Step 5: Click on “Donate Now”
Thank you for helping us to create more survivors!
Do you want to join a Big Bike team?
Simply follow these steps:
Step 1: Search for your team name or captain’s name
Step 2: Click on the name and you’ll go the team page
Step 3: Click on “Join Team”
Then follow the registration prompts and you’ll be registered to ride the Big Bike!
Ready to start a Big Bike team?
Follow these steps and your team will be registered in no time!
Step 1: Select your province
Step 2: Choose your city
Step 3: Pick a ride location
Step 4: Click “Go”
Step 5: On the location page, click on “Start a New Team”
Then just follow the prompts to register your team.
If you need help, please contact your local Heart and Stroke Foundation office. We’re here for you!
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ABOUT BIG BIKE
Ride Big. Live Big.
Your Dollars at Work
When you support the Heart&Stroke Big Bike, you help create more survivors.
Survivor Story — Jen Bogart
Waking with a pounding headache, blurry vision and an unsteady walk, Jen tried calling in sick but couldn’t find the words. She emailed instead and went back to bed. But things got worse. Much worse. Unknowingly, Jen suffered a stroke. When her friends got her to the hospital, she couldn’t walk and spoke only three words. Thankfully, doctors saved her life; but stroke changed it. With speech and occupational therapy, Jen now enjoys life at a slower pace. She reads, solves puzzles, cooks, rests, does yoga and goes for walks. Stroke didn’t stop this dynamo — and she’s still making progress.
Joe’s journey back from stroke
In mere minutes, Joe went from celebrating his wedding anniversary to being put in an ambulance on a stretcher. But it took time, hard work and support to undo the physical, mental and emotional effects of his stroke.
Why Your Support Matters
Every 7 minutes, someone in Canada dies from heart disease or stroke. We can change that. More people can survive…more people can go home to the people they love. Your Big Bike donation or fundraising efforts will help fund research that is desperately needed to develop life-saving treatments that bring hope to heart disease and stroke patients.
See The Difference A Gift Can Make
Together, we can create more survivors.
- $40 can teach an entire family how to save a life with CPR.
- $100 can teach three classrooms of children the foundation for heart-healthy living with the HeartSmart Kids program.
- $500 can help administer an Automated External Defibrillator training course that could save lives.
- $1,000 can help equip a lab with a blood pressure monitor to help keep patients healthy.
- $2,000 can help researchers hire the summer research assistants that are critical to a research study’s success.
- $4,000 can place an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in a community centre or hockey arena, which can increase the chance of surviving a cardiac arrest.
- $5,000 can help support e-tool development so people can access health information and customized action plans online.
- $6,000 can train a future medical researcher, which is vital to improving heart health and heart medicine.
- $10,000 supports advocacy efforts that lead to legislation on important heart-health issues like smoking, trans fats and AEDs.
- $15,000 can fund a scholarship to mentor a student in medical research.
How Your Donation Helps
By supporting Big Bike, you help:
- empower Canadians to make positive changes and prevent disease
- save lives at the moment a health emergency strikes
- promote recovery, where and when it’s needed
And you’ll help us:
- significantly improve the health of Canadians by decreasing their risk factors for heart disease and stroke by 10% by 2020
- reduce Canadian’s rate of death from heart disease and stroke by 25% by 2020
We can’t do it alone. Please, help create more survivors by starting a team, joining a team, or donating to a rider today!
