2022 H4H MEGA BOUNCE RUN

Hearts for Healthcare is a non-profit, registered charity developed to enhance and enrich the quality of our local healthcare. Our focus is on medical professional attraction and retention, raising community awareness, purchasing necessary medical equipment, and providing facility upgrades within our local healthcare community.

Hearts for Healthcare is pleased to announce that we are bringing back the H4H Mega Run this year with a virtual and Mega BOUNCE Run together!! Move for your Health, Move for Hearts.

We have all felt the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and we know how important it is to find ways to bring families together, provide some fun for our community and still raise some much-needed funds for local healthcare. The H4H Mega Bounce Run will begin August 19th and wrap up at our MEGA BOUNCE RUN and Pick Up Event on September 10th. Participants are asked to make a $45 donation for adults and $25 for youth (18 and under) and with that you will receive a locally made custom medallion from Marigold Lane Creative and a community sourced race kit. H4H has created 2 designated routes within the community that each have Community Challenge Checkpoints, where participants can complete challenges (during or after you complete the route) in order to be entered to win amazing prizes. You can choose to follow the H4H designated routes or complete your own race, anywhere you wish; we encourage creativity…run/walk/bike/swim/skip/dance or simply donate to a good cause. It can be completed (or not) anytime within the 3 weeks NOW 4 WEEKS. The idea is to have fun, be creative and be accessible to everyone.

Our goal this year is to further support our main initiatives and this year our focus is on raising funds and awareness for the amazing programs and services provided by our Home Care and Public Health Teams at Cold Lake Community Health Services. Home Care provides several services that aim to allow clients the opportunity to receive care within the comfort of their own home for as long as possible. They require some specialized equipment to continue to offer some of these services to their clients. This includes pulse oximeters and otoscopes; both of which help provide efficiency in assessment, intervention and treatment. Our Public Health Department needs a portable infant scale for their Healthy Beginnings home visits. This incredible program is for families and their newborns; a Public Health nurse visits your home within in the first few days of arriving home and provides essential and necessary care and support for new parents and their babies.

If you have any questions about The H4H Mega Bounce Run, H4H or how to register and/or donate please call Kari at 1-780-812-1312 or email at coordinator@heartsforhealthcare.ca.

Thank you in advance for your continued support in enhancing our community’s healthcare.

Sincerely,

The Hearts for Healthcare Fundraising Committee

Event Kits: Marigold Lane Creative Custom Medals and community sourced race kits are available to every participant that registers regardless of which option you choose. They can be picked up on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at our Mega Bounce Run and Pick Up Day Event at the North Soccer Fields at the Energy Centre. Participants can choose to make an additional $10 donation to receive an upgraded medal with resin. Those registering after September 7th will be given an alternate date to pick up their medals, but do not worry, you will get one :-)

Choose a Location: Our event gives you the freedom to participate from anywhere, whether it be one of our H4H designated routes, a local track, the beach or lake, a park, a campground, your driveway or a local gym. And again this year we can FINALLY have our MEGA BOUNCE RUN on September 10th!!!!! Choose somewhere comfortable, exciting and convenient for you! Remember: there will be locally sponsored Checkpoint Challenges along the H4H designated routes and also our Hidden Gem Checkpoint Challenges hidden throughout the City for a chance to win some amazing prizes! Complete during your race or screen shot the instructions from the provided QR code and enter later. Each participant will be entered when they post to social media with the hashtag #H4HMegaRun2022 and tag the name of the Checkpoint Sponsor associated with the challenge (if applicable, just writing in their name is acceptable but make sure you get the hashtag so we can find it). Make sure you make your posts public so we can see them! Even if you are unable to physically participate you can financially participate by making a minimum donation of $45 and still receive your custom medallion and race kit OR you can donate to a team that is already registered; every little bit helps. Join the movement any way you can... "Move for Your Health, Move for Hearts". There will be prizes for our Top Fundraiser - HEARTS AWARD and for the Team with the BEST TEAM SPIRIT! Sponsored by Brendan Roberts, Sun Life Advisor and Cold Lake Brewing & Distilling

Here are the H4H Designated Routes - Cold Lake Provincial Park Route, Energy Centre Route and MEGA BOUNCE RUN Route:

Complete Your Race: Again FREEDOM! Be creative...run/walk/bike/swim/skip/dance anything. Our designated routes are approx. 5km's but do what you can do, walk your block, challenge yourself to a half or full marathon and work in the checkpoint challenges in your route, break it up into chunks over multiple days. Remember you can complete your race any day/time between August 19th and September 18th. Join us on Saturday, September 10th for our Mega Bounce Run and Pick Up Day Event to do the inflatable obstacle route and/or pick up your medal and Race Kit. Those registered after September 7th will be notified of a later pick up date.

Talk about flexibility! We also have prizes...THE HEARTS AWARD = to the top participant fundraiser and BEST TEAM SPIRIT AWARD = the team with the best costumes, highest fundraising total, best social media posts and/or largest team registered. Also the first 25 participants that raise a minimum of $250 will receive a gift basket full of amazing locally sourced products all made by some incredibly talented community artisans.

Submit Your Results: Share with us! Submit your results from your running apps, trackers or your phone's health app. Post to your social media and tag Hearts for Healthcare, use #H4HMegaRun2022 Get your entries in for the Checkpoint Challenges and new this year our Hidden Gem Checkpoints and win some amazing prizes. Check our Facebook page for details. Help us spread awareness and encourage others to get involved. Build your online teams and encourage others to help you meet your fundraising goals. Bragging rights and a team prize will be awarded to the team with the best Team Spirit!!

Share Your Accomplishments: No, seriously. You deserve to shine and social media can be your flashlight. Post your best pics and videos to your social media and tag Hearts for Healthcare, use #H4HMegaRun2022. And do not forget to complete your challenges to win the Checkpoint Challenge prizes!! For the first 25 participants that raise a minimum of $250 you will receive a custom community inspired gift basket full of amazing goodies!!

We appreciate all your help in spreading the word of the event by posting/sharing your experience but it is not mandatory in order to receive your Race Kit and Medals...remember it is all for fun and your health! "Move for Your Health, Move for Hearts"

Let's come together and rally your family members, friends, colleagues and have fun, be healthy while also raising awareness, being health care advocates and help provide funds for much needed equipment, programs and services essential to the overall health of our community. This is our why, what's yours?

Help us reach our goals by building your online teams, encouraging people to make pledges/donations on your behalf. There is a prize for "Best Team Spirit" which takes into consideration: largest registered team, highest collected donations, best social media pictures/videos, most unique costumes etc. The first 25 participants to raise $250 receive a custom community inspired gift basket!! Click Here To Print H4H Team Sign Up Sheet You can use the sign up sheet to build your teams and start collecting donations directly or by requesting that family and friends do so on this Race Roster Event by clicking on Register or Donate Now. CHALLENGE everyone to join your team or make their own!!! Schools challenge other schools, Fire Fighters challenge other departments, Military Squadrons challenge your other squadrons.