Planning Department On Board For The Pee Dee Heart Walk

Each year, The Florence County Planning and Building Department in addition to many other businesses in Florence County, joins forces with The American Heart Association to help them raise money for this worthy cause. To date, we have raised over $400. We have until October 17th to increase this amount. Our department has many caring individuals who have contributed both their time and money.

The 2008 Pee Dee Heart Walk is presented by McLeod Health and Honda of SC Mfg., Inc. It will be held on Saturday, October 25th at 10 a.m. The walk is a non-competitive, one or three mile route on the campus of beautiful Francis Marion University, in the heart of the Pee Dee. Parking is free and the activities at the event include a children's area, clown, jump castle, refreshments, health screenings, survivor recognition, singing competition, hoopla giveaways, music and entertainment and more.

Our event is the largest walk in the region. We have a history of leading the state and setting records. We are recognized at a national level as being the benchmark walk event for markets of our size! We have grown from raising $10,000 to $384,000. Participants on the day of the event have increased from a handful to over 2,200.

Our event accomplishes four important goals:

• Celebrate survivors of heart disease and stroke


• Encourage walking and physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle


• Educate the public about the prevention & treatment of cardiovascular disease and stroke


• Raise money for biomedical reserach, education and outreach programs

For more information, visit their website.

A worthy cause and a fun day! Hope you can be there.

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