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MHC Charity Golf Classic Raises $19,000!

The 8th annual MHC Charity Golf Classic took place on Friday Sept 16th 2011 – and it was a huge success!
Over $19,000 was raised to support the MHC’s innovative heart disease care and prevention programming!

EAT YOUR HEART OUT, HALIFAX launch night a huge success!

On Tuesday June 7th, FIVE Spring Garden area restaurants hosted a simultaneous launch event for our fantastic new cookbook! Diners at Moda, Fid Resto, Saege, Onyx and Estia enjoyed a fabulous meal… and 15% of meal proceeds were donated back to the Maritime Heart Center!

Check out our Facebook page for more pictures of the evening!

To buy your copy of EAT YOUR HEART OUT, HALIFAX, click here.

Breakfast Television’s Cyril Lunney works out at our Bootcamp!

If you’ve ever wondered what goes on at our Bootcamps down at Palooka’s Boxing Club, check out this video. BT’s Cyril Lunney came down to one of our classes to learn more about how bootcamp is structured, and the benefits of the workout!

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Chickenburger Pancake day Breakfast!


A HUGE THANK-YOU to our friends at the World-Famous Chickenburger for hosting their annual Pancake Day Breakfast – with all proceeds to the Maritime Heart Center!
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Mickey Macdonald himself flipped the ‘cakes, and Q104 FM were onsite to help with promotions.
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Thanks to all involved for a great morning!

MHC Winter Newsletter Out Now!

February is National Heart Month, and there’s lots going on at the MHC. Check out our winter newsletter online for an up-to-date summary of our current heart-health initiatives.

In this issue:

* The wife of an MHC patient shares the story of her husband’s surgery
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* Halt the Salt! Tips on reducing sodium in your diet
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* ‘Eat Your Heart Out, Halifax!’ – the lowdown on our new cookbook, featuring Halifax’s best restaurants!
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* Exclusive Harvest Wines promotion for friends of the MHC!
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* MHC Bootcamps – the best workout deal in Halifax just got better!

We’re offering our BEST PRICING YET on our Knockout Bootcamps!


Our bootcamp workouts, in partnership with Palooka’s Boxing Club, continue to offer the BEST WORKOUT DEAL in Halifax, with the BEST TRAINERS at the BEST FACILITY!

Our professionally-run three-times-per-week workouts offer an affordable and more flexible alternative to gym memberships and we GUARANTEE you a good time, with a friendly atmosphere and great music.

Check it out and see why our bootcampers continually sign up for more!

Golf Fundraiser makes $28,000! Thank you to our DONORS, SPONSORS and FRIENDS!

We may be busy celebrating the massive success of our Charity Golf Classic but we never lose sight of those who make it possible.

Click here to see all our donors

7th Annual MHC Charity Golf Classic raises $28,000!

The day was crisp, the green was perfect and our signature fundraiser – now in its 7th year – was a huge success, raising almost $28,000 for our innovative care and prevention programmes!

Golf is On! MHC Charity Golf Classic – Sunday 17th October 2010

We’re all set to go for the MHC Charity Golf Classic this Sunday! The weather is looking OK; an event confirmation for all our golfers and guests will appear HERE on Sunday at 8am so be sure to check back for our final confirmation

It rained on our parade!

The 7th Annual MHC Charity Golf Classic was cancelled last-minute (and we do mean last minute – 1 hour before registration!) due to inclement weather. But, we’re all set with our rain date of Sunday 17th October 2010…