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Tell us why your team supports the Heart and Stroke Foundation's Big Bike event for your chance to win CPR Anytime Friends and Family Kit for each team member AND have an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) placed in a public space in or around your community! One winning team will be selected in each province.
Earn the most hearts to win the grand prize. There are three ways your team can earn hearts:
1. Write a story
Tell us why your team supports the Heart and Stroke Foundation’s Big Bike event and get your friends and family to heart your story. A heart is like a vote, and you can heart a story once a day.
2. Earn hearts through fundraising
Your Big Bike team will earn one 1 heart for every $10 raised online.
3. Earn bonus hearts
Your Big Bike team can earn bonus hearts for every $500 dollars raised:
| Dollars | Number of Hearts |
|---|---|
| $500 | +10 ♥ |
| $1,000 | +20 ♥ |
| $1,500 | +30 ♥ |
| $2,000 | +40 ♥ |
| $2,500 | +50 ♥ |
| $3,000 | +60 ♥ |
| $3,500 | +70 ♥ |
| $4,000 | +80 ♥ |
| $4,500 | +90 ♥ |
| $5,000 | +100 ♥ |
View the terms & conditions for full contest details.
These days, you don't have to be a doctor to save a life. New Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) make it possible for even non-medical personnel to restore heart rhythm and life. An AED is a machine that can monitor heart rhythms. It can tell if the heart has stopped beating effectively. If required, the machine can then advise the operator to deliver an electric shock to the heart. Many times, along with CPR, this shock will restart the heart.
There are about 45,000 cardiac arrests every year. That’s one cardiac arrest every 12 minutes. Early CPR and early defibrillation improves survival rates by up to 75% if delivered in the first few minutes. With each passing minute, the probability of survival declines by 7% to 10%. Getting trained in CPR and making defibrillators easily accessible has the potential to save thousands of lives.
