A Heartfelt Thanks to Our Sponsors
The Heart and Stroke Foundation gratefully acknowledges the outstanding contribution of our corporate supporters and extends our heartfelt thanks for their generosity. The Becel Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart could not take place without their support.
Title Sponsor
Becel is proud to be the title sponsor of the Becel Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart for the 17th year. The Becel Heart and Stroke partnership is built on shared values, and a commitment to excellence, through fundraising and healthy eating choices. For over a decade, Becel Margarine has been the leading supporter of health promotion initiatives of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and continues to motivate our donors, employees, and fundraisers through their generous contribution and commitment to the Heart and Stroke Foundation cause. www.loveyourheart.ca
Corporate Challenge Sponsor
Pfizer Inc. is the world's leading pharmaceutical company. Pfizer invests more than $7 billion annually to discover and develop life-saving and life-enhancing medications for humans and animals. The company's Canadian operation, Pfizer Canada Inc., is one of the largest private contributors to health research in Canada and also donates more than $20 million annually to support community initiatives. Headquartered in Kirkland, Quebec, Pfizer Canada and its cross-Canada team of 1,200 employees are working together for a healthier world. Pfizer Canada's commitment to helping Canadians live happier, healthier and longer lives extends beyond medication. To learn more about Pfizer Canada's More Than Medication philosophy and programs, visit www.morethanmedication.ca
Official Sponsors
As a Canadian manufacturer of environmentally friendly, healthy lifestyle products Raleigh is proud to be involved with the Ride for Heart. Since 1972 we have been making bicycles for all styles and levels of Canadian cyclist and are proud of our reputation for quality and "best value".
GoodLife Fitness is proud to return as a partner for the seventh year, and will be onsite keeping participant energy levels high with their post ride stretch. GoodLife Fitness is now in more than 250 communities across Canada and we continue to spread the good life to more and more communities each week. We are committed to supporting local, provincial and national causes that meet our core values and for which we believe we can truly make a difference. Caring is a key value and philosophical component of the GoodLife Fitness culture. GoodLife's sponsorship of the Becel Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart demonstrates their commitment to our cause. For more information visit their website at www.goodlifefitness.com
EMS/PAD Challenge Sponsors
ZOLL Medical Corporation is proud to be a sponsor of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada, an organization with the important mission of building awareness and educating the public on how the incidence of heart disease can be reduced in our Province. ZOLL develops and markets medical devices and software solutions that help advance emergency care and save lives, while increasing clinical and operational efficiencies. With products for defibrillation and monitoring, circulation and CPR feedback, data management, fluid resuscitation, and therapeutic temperature management, ZOLL provides a comprehensive set of technologies which help clinicians, EMS and fire professionals, and lay rescuers treat victims needing resuscitation and critical care. For more information, visit www.zoll.com.
Philips Healthcare is proud to contribute to the success of the Ride for Heart PAD Challenge by donating HeartStart defibrillators. For more than a century, Philips has pioneered technology that makes life better, and today we have taken this commitment one step further; creating products that not only enhance life, but also preserve it. We build the technology that gives you the ability to make a difference in the lives of others at work and at play. The HeartStart defibrillators enable virtually anyone to treat the most common cause of Sudden Cardiac Arrest by delivering a shock quickly and effectively, wherever it happens proving the power to save a life.
Medtronic of Canada sells, services and distributes Medtronic (www.medtronic.com) products in Canada: medical devices used in cardiovascular medicine, diabetes, spinal and neurosurgery, and ear, nose and throat surgery. Medtronic's Physio-Control division is a leading provider of external defibrillation and monitoring technology used in sudden cardiac arrest and other cardiorespiratory emergencies.
Official Suppliers
Exhibition Place is Canada's largest entertainment venue, attracting over 5.3 million visitors a year. The site is an integral component of Toronto's and Ontario's economy, particularly with respect to sport, festivals, recreation, culture tourism and environmental stewardship. Inducted into the Ontario Environmental Leader program and winner of the 2008 Platinum Facility Management Award, Exhibition Place has initiated and promoted sustainable development, leading edge green technologies, award-winning energy-efficient technologies and environmental practices. For more information, visit www.explace.on.ca
Formerly under the banner of the A&P and Dominion grocery store brands, Metro has been the long-time official supplier of fresh produce for the Becel Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart. Participants will enjoy healthy fruit re-fueling throughout their ride or inline skate thanks to Metro's generous support.
Lenovo is dedicated to building exceptionally engineered personal computers. Lenovo's business model is built on innovation, operational efficiency and customer satisfaction as well as a focus on investment in emerging markets. Formed by Lenovo Groups acquisition of the former IBM Personal Computing Division, the company develops, manufactures and markets reliable, high-quality, secure and easy-to-use technology products and services worldwide. Lenovo has major research centers in Yamato, Japan; Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, China; and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information see www.lenovo.com.
On The Move Catering & Events believes that : "Experience creates memory, memory invites tradition, and the formation of relationships that will last for years to come".
We recognize that in order to represent your interests as if they were our own, we must invest time into understanding what you do best, to ensure that we do our best, on your behalf. We act as advisors, to our clients, in order to determine and customize a solution that works for you. Only by understanding the quality of your relationships, products and services, the root of your objectives and your personal and professional benchmark principles, can we determine a catering and event strategy that will work for you.
On The Move Catering & Events is a proud sponsor of the Heart&Stroke Ride for Heart, an event supporting the passion and courage to explore ways to protect the health of all Canadians, young and old, through scientific excellence, education and impacting social change.
