Become a 2025 First Responder Team
Become a First Responder Team
And bring your colleagues together to raise funds and awareness for Veterans & First Responders living with OSI.
Join gyms & services from across Canada in hosting this year’s 24 Hours of Heroes event - for the 10th anniversary edition!
Our event connects Fitness, Veteran and First Responder communities from across the country together to sweat, honour the fallen, and raise money for the important mental health services provided to our Veterans, First Responders and their families via Wounded Warriors Canada.
Last year, we raised OVER $60,000 thanks to each and every person who joined or donated to this event - and we know that $70,000 is possible.
As this year is our 10-year anniversary (can you believe we’ve been doing this since 2016?), we have decided to bring back our 24-hour event - and we are beyond excited to have you join us!
The event runs Saturday November 8th beginning at 10:00am EST, with one workout every hour on the hour (with the exception of a 2-hr workout slot from 1:00-3:00am EST overnight), until the final workout begins on Sunday November 9th at 9:00am EST. All 23 workouts will be announced in August. Gyms and individuals from across the country are being invited to follow our schedule, but with our first responders in mind, we have made some adjustments to make this event accessible for all!
As a first responder team, you would:
Invite members of your service to join in on one, a few, or all of the hero workouts at any point during the 24 Hours of Heroes weekend. We know shift work is challenging to schedule around, so grab a buddy to tackle a hero workout while on break or after your shift - whatever works for you!
When someone completes a workout, encourage them to make a donation (easily accessible through the provided QR code posters) to your service’s team*
*Note: The top first responder team will receive special sponsorship prizes as a huge thank you for the support!
Honour fallen service women and men through their hero workouts, and by reading their bios (provided by the 24 Hours of Heroes team)
Come together as a fitness community to sweat, have some fun, and support Wounded Warriors Canada.
Steps to participate:
Reach out to our Director, Isabelle Hicks, to express your interest and collect a few initial details.
Isabelle will reach out with updates and confirm when you are set up on our registration & fundraising platform, Race Roster. This platform allows our team to track all participants and donations, and all relevant information will be shared with you as a facilitator.
Once we go live on September 1st, invite your members to begin fundraising. We are inviting service teams to raise a minimum of $500, but you are encouraged to raise as much as possible - both for our great cause and for the chance to win amazing prizing!
Be on the lookout for your service team’s QR code posters and display them around your facility.
Encourage all of your colleagues to tackle a hero workout or two (or all 23!) during the weekend of November 8th & 9th!
If this sounds like something of interest, email isabelle@24hoursofheroes.com for more details and to get started!