PITTSBURGH, PA--You're invited to join or support our team at the Highmark Walk for a Healthy Community on Saturday, May 17, on Pittsburgh's North Shore. The Walk is a fundraiser that benefits health and human service organizations based in Central Pennsylvania. It is presented by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, which underwrites the costs of the Walk so that 100 percent of funds raised by walkers and sponsors support the 69 participating organizations, including the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation. There is no registration fee, but walkers are encouraged to raise funds to an organization of their choice.
Why support our team? Sudden Cardiac Arrest is a leading cause of death in the U.S., affecting more than 1,000 people each day. On average only 10 percent of victims survive, but survival rates jump to 40 percent when victims are treated with CPR and defibrillators. The Foundation is working tirelessly to raise awareness about SCA and help save lives.
Please walk the walk. Support our team in honor of survivors, rescuers, and the more than 400,000 people who who have been lost to sudden cardiac arrest in the last year alone.
To register for the walk, sponsor a walker, to simply make a donation, click here.
Walk Details
- Location: Stage AE, Pittsburgh's North Shore
- On-site registration: 7:45 a.m.
- 5K Walk: 9:00 a.m.
- One-Mile Fun Walk: 9:15 a.m.
