Stop the heartbreak - Heart Foundation’s Annual Appeal

8 February 2010

Help stop the heartbreak and support the Heart Foundation on its Annual Appeal street collection day this Friday 11 February.

Volunteers will be out in force around the country on Friday, so please give generously to support New Zealand’s heart health charity working to stop New Zealanders dying prematurely of heart disease.

Cardiovascular disease (heart disease, stroke and blood vessel disease) is New Zealand’s biggest killer of men and women, responsible for 38 percent of all deaths, many of these preventable.

The rate of heart attacks in younger adults is also currently increasing and heart disease is the single biggest killer of men aged over 35 years old.

This year’s Annual Appeal campaign focuses on the impact premature and preventable heart disease has on New Zealand families and communities.

“To help keep our families and communities together longer, it’s more vital than ever that New Zealanders get behind our Annual Appeal,” says the Heart Foundation’s Medical Director, Norman Sharpe.

“Heart disease is tearing our families apart; a donation to the Heart Foundation will help save the lives of everyday New Zealanders.”

Donations to the Annual Appeal can be made at any Westpac branch, online at www.heartfoundation.org.nz or by calling 0800 830 100.

As a notforprofit, non-government organisation, the Heart Foundation is reliant on the generous support of everyday New Zealanders. Donations from this year’s Appeal will be used to support regional activities such as health promotion and work in schools.

Donations from this year’s Appeal will be used to support regional activities such as health promotion and work in schools.

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