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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: nicola.cotter@chss.org.uk 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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