The Heart and Stroke Foundation is a volunteer-based health charity, focused on eliminating heart disease and stroke and reducing their impact through the advancement of research and the promotion of healthy living and advocacy.
The Foundation aims to build healthier hearts and minds across Canada by bringing life-saving knowledge to the communities we serve, through our local area offices and the healthcare providers we support with education and resources.
At the Heart and Stroke Foundation, we're working hard to stop the trend towards obesity in children through programs like Jump Rope for Heart.
Each year thousands of schools get involved shooting hoops and raising funds for Heart&Stroke Foundation Hoops for Heart
The Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is a federation of 10 provincial Foundations, led and supported by a force of more than 130,000 volunteers.