CHSS Awareness Week 5th - 11th October 2008
Hamish Bear
The CHSS Mascot
Making a Difference!
Once again we're asking you to mark an important date in your diary – our annual CHSS Awareness Week – to be held in the first week of October.
We run the week to raise the profile of chest, heart and stroke illness in the community and to give the public an opportunity to support our services around Scotland.
This year we aim to bring the entire charity and all our supporters together by challenging them to take steps towards increasing their activity and improving their fitness levels.
Hamish McBear is the CHSS mascot so this year's campaign slogan is "Challenge Hamish Step by Step".
Just how you challenge Hamish is up to you although we've come up with some great ideas to get you started. Perhaps you could you organise a walking event in your local park for work colleagues or group members?
How about combining your group efforts in the gym to "Row across Loch Lomond" on the rowing machine, "Walk from Edinburgh to Glasgow" on the treadmill or "Climb Ben Nevis" on the stepper…? CHSS shops are organising easy Challenge Hamish Walks – why not join them?
You can see that we want events throughout Scotland during the week, all promoting our important work and helping you to achieve your own personal activity goals. Why not help others while helping yourself and turn your event into a fundraiser?
We've set ourselves a goal of £10,000 from fundraising events during the week. The challenges here range fromstepping out over a terrifying height on the next Forth Rail Bridge Abseil to organising a sponsored Scottish Shoreline Challenge. But we can't do any of this alone – we need your help!
If you'd like to get involved and help us, this is your chance. By simply sending your details to the email address challengehamish@chss.org.uk you can register to receive this year's free Awareness Week Pack, full of information about our plans and bursting with ideas about how you can take the challenge this coming October. Together we can make a difference!
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