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Last Saturday morning, participants met at Rotary Cove to sign in for the Walk of Life event and walk
the distance of the boardwalk and back.
ENTRY FORM
GODERICH CANADA DAY PARADE
July 1, 2017 at 2pm::..‚Saturday,�'Let's Celebrate
Canada & Goderich
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NAME OF ENTRY
CONTACT PERSON
ADDRESS
POSTAL CODE
TELEPHONE EMAIL
DESCRIPTION OF ENTRY (including length, use of music)
Music: Yes _ No_ What Decade? Length?
Please detach and keep for your own reference.
PLEASE BE SURE YOUR FLOAT CLEARLY SHOWS THE NAME
OF YOUR BUSINESS OR ORGANIZATION.
CONDITIONS
1. Registration deadline is Friday, June 16, 2017
2. Tourism Goderich must approve of entry
3. Entries with animals haat provide their own means of dean -up
4. Please refrain from throwing items from your entry. Hand out candy, etc.
5. Parade will be marshalled on Elgin Ave., west of South Street at 1 pm
6. You will be emailed or telephoned your parade position by June 28, 2017
7. Complete this form and mail it to:
TOURISM GODERICH, 57 West St, Goderich N7A 2K5
OR fax it to 519-524-1466
OR deliver it to Tourist Information Centre,
91 Hamilton Street
OR email the required details to:
specialevents@goderich.ca
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Walk of Life
lk Annual walk that supports local
Ar Cardiac Rehab Program
Kathleen Smith
Goderich Signal Star
• The annual Walk of Life,
which supports the local
Cardiac Rehab Program,
took part last weekend at the
Rotary Cove.
The Walk of Life event saw
a great number of partici-
pants who went out last Sat-
urday to raise awareness and
support the local Cardiac
Program.
Many local businesses
sponsored the event, such as
Compass Minerals, Maitland
Valley Marina, Watson's
Home hardware and
Michael Strickland of
1-iollisWealth.
Since the beginning of the
Goderich and area Healthy
Hearts program in 1995, an
annual Walk of Life has been
offered to those in the com-
munity and is the biggest
Health Hearts fundraiser of
the year.
Those who took part in the
Walk of Life donated a mini-
mum of $20. The walk is
sponsored by the Cardiac
Health Foundation of Can-
ada and is held the first Sat-
urday in June.
The last two years, the
Walk of Life event was host
to 90 participants and in the
last two years, Healthy
Hearts raised between $8,
000 and $10, 000.
"This fun event helps us
raise awareness of the
Healthy Hearts Cardiac
Rehabilitation Program and
is our biggest opportunity to
build funds for this impor-
tant community program.
All monies raised stays here
supporting local causes with
local dollars," explained
Healthy Hearts Program
Director, Jane Shackleton,
RCT.
Healthy Hearts is a non-
funded, not-for-profit Car-
diac Rehabilitation Pro-
gram that offers exercise,
education and support to
the residents of Huron
County.
"With heart disease being
one of the three leading
causes of death in Canada,
the Healthy Hearts Cardiac
Rehabilitation Program is a
vital community resource.
We receive over 100 new
referrals each year for peo-
ple who have experienced a
cardiac event," added
Shackleton.
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The organizers and volunteers of the annual Walk of Life event.
Photos by Kathleen Smith/Goderich signal Star
There were participants of all ages at the Walk of Life event. They were offered water, juice and
snacks and given a Walk of Life t -shirt, so that all participants matched.