The family event includes entertainment and Outback Steakhouse will provide food after the walk. Sigma Chi fraternity at USM is including the American Heart Walk as part of its Derby Days activities, prompting the expected participation of several sororities. Recreational Sports organizers are encouraging all student organizations to join the effort. For students who compete in intramurals, one point will be given to each team member who checks in with an intramural supervisor and walks the 3.1-mile course. Faculty and staff are also being encouraged to form teams and join in the event.
Teams can consist of co-workers, spouses, children, friends and others.
USM students and employees who can't walk can lend support to the effort by contributing to the fund- raising efforts of participants and by purchasing a paper heart that can be displayed on the day of the walk in honor or memory of someone who has battled heart disease. The paper hearts will be sold outside the Hub on Oct. 8-9 at lunch or can be purchased in the Recreational Sports office. Recreational Sports' continued support of the American Heart Association earned the USM department a national service award last July.