about 200 people attended the presentation of the Popular race II of Hortaleza-trophy often hearts

Was held in Silk & soy during a solidarity party in favour of the Foundation

Madrid, April 2011.- the Director of the Foundation often hearts, Amaya Sáez, presented the people’s race II of Hortaleza-trophy often hearts, which will take place on Sunday, may 20 in the Madrid district of Hortaleza. This event, which was attended by about 200 people, was held at the restaurant Silk & soy, which organized a solidarity party to raise funds for this race.

Durante la fiesta, los humoristas Tony Antonio y Tony Melero, padre e hijo, deleitaron al público con sus actuaciones, mientras que los asistentes se tomaban su copa solidaria. Then, Amaya Sáez wanted to thank especially the Hortaleza Sports Association for organizing, for the second consecutive year, the people’s career of Hortaleza-trophy often hearts, which is 100% solidarity, which the collection, a time covered the expenses, will be used to improve the quality of life of children and youngsters with congenital cardiopathies and their families.

Esto será posible gracias al apoyo de las siguientes entidades patrocinadoras y colaboradoras: IKEA, Valdebebas, Bankinter, Obra Social la Caixa”, Obra Social Caja Madrid, Junta Municipal de Hortaleza, Kike Sport, Cronos Fuenlabrada, Coca-Cola, Fotorunner, Carreraspopulares.com, Restaurante Silk & Soya, Restaurante Nicomedes, Diagonal 80, Proyecto Salvavidas, Volvo, Fundación Infantil Ronald McDonald, Grupo Cibeles, Presume de Bebé, Johnson&JohnsonPfizer, Navidul, Bourjois, MTB Quismondo, Coentrena, celebrity Kaótica, Rosamar coaches and brothers fish Prieto.

Non-competitive child March

The race, including two tours (5 and 10 kilometres), told in 2011, with the participation of 1,360 runners and 130 volunteers. For this Edition, are expected to reach the figures of 3,000 runners and 150 volunteers.

The main novelties of Popular career II of Hortaleza-trophy often hearts are the Organization of a non-competitive child March of 500 meters, the inclusion of a category of cars (dads/moms that run with babies in cars), the delivery of a trophy to the group, team or company with the highest number of registered runners and the holding of children’s events.

Además, se ofrece al público la posibilidad de participar en la carrera inscribiéndose en la fila cero (donando la cuota de inscripción de 10 euros a la Fundación Menudos Corazones) o colaborando como voluntario en tareas de avituallamiento, guardarropa y entrega de la bolsa del corredor”. All the information is on the www.carrerapopularhortaleza.es page.

About the Foundation often hearts

The often hearts Foundation is a non-profit, whose objective is to facilitate the comprehensive development and improvement of the quality of life of children and young people with heart disease, as well as their families.

In this regard, the Foundation often hearts offers assistance programs to different families to support them and accompany them when they have a child with a heart disease. develops programs like psychological care free and personalized, accompaniment and finding activities in hospitals, the summer camps for children and adolescents with heart disease, free accommodation for families with children with heart disease who have to go to Madrid for medical reasons and, finally, the publication of a magazine, guides, brochures and other materials of information of great utility for those affected and their families.

The Foundation often hearts is a member of the Spanish Heart Foundation, of the children organizations platform (POI) and the Spanish Federation for rare diseases (ERDF). At the international level, also belongs to the European organisation on heart disease congenital-European Congenital Heart Disease Organisation (ECHDO), the International Alliance of organizations of patients-International Alliance of Patients Organizations (PASATEE) and the European Organization of disease rare-European Organisation for Rare Diseases (EURORDIS).