The American Heart Association's 2008 Nashville Start! Heart Walk is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 27, and Vanderbilt Medical Center is recruiting team captains to help reach its goal of raising $400,000.
Jeff Samz, chief executive officer of the Vanderbilt Heart & Vascular Institute, and C. Wright Pinson, M.D., associate vice chancellor for Clinical Affairs, are the co-chairs of the Heart Walk.
If you are interested in serving as a team captain, follow the steps outlined below:
• Register yourself online at www.nashvilleheartwalk.kintera.org.
• Recruit 10 or more fund-raising walkers.
• Set your team's fund-raising dollar goal at $1,000.
• Have your walkers register online and monitor their success at www.nashvilleheartwalk.kintera.org.
• Encourage each walker to raise a minimum of $100.
• Recruit at least one Top Walker raising $1,000.
• Motivate, support and follow-up regularly with your walkers.
• Contact Ed Higgins at ed.higgins@vanderbilt.edu or 936-0301 with any questions.