Frequently Asked Questions: Heart Walk

Food trucks and health fair vendors will be available before the walk begins.  They will open at 8:30. Presentation and walk will begin shortly after 9:00. 

The Heart Walk event should be over between 10:30-11:00. 

The walk route goes around the circle drive at the New Mexico Junior College. The walk is approximately 1 mile long. 

No. Everyone can walk at their own pace. 

No you do not have to be a part of a team to join the walk.  All heart warriors and heart warrior supporters are welcome. 

Yes, we are doing something new this year. We are having prizes for teams that show up and have spirit. There will be a prize for the most spirited team and a prize for the largest team.  Feel free to show team spirit and support however you like. You can have shirts made, wear the same colors, carry signs, or anything you can think of to show support for your team's heart warrior. 

This wall is dedicated to all our heart warriors living or no longer with us.  There will be heart name tags at the registration table to hang on the hero wall. You will write down the warrior that you are walking in honor of at the walk and this will be hung on the wall.  Your warrior does not have to be at the walk. This can be a family member, friend, someone you know, etc. 

A survivor is anyone who has suffered, is suffering, or survived cardiac related illness of any kind. This can be something you were born with or developed later in life.  

All survivors: Don't forget to pick up your warrior hat at our heart warrior table. 

This event is funded by our amazing sponsors and is free to the community. Our focus is on  building connections in the heart community while spreading awareness of cardiovascular disease. We believe every heart matters, and every heart story can impact others.  

 A Heart Walk is typically an American Heart Association Fundraiser and community event. Expecting Hearts has teamed up with the Lubbock American Heart Association over the last few years by joining heart walks in Lubbock, Texas and raising funds to go toward the amazing research and programs the American Heart Association helps fund and support. During Covid, the heart walk was a virtual event and Expecting Hearts  used this opportunity to build a local heart walk for Lea County. While still supporting and sending funds to the American Heart Association, the Expecting Hearts Heart Walk is a local event not connected directly with the American Heart Association but more in support of what the American Heart Association is doing while building a local heart community. 

There will be a coffee truck and 2 food trucks available at the event for those that want to purchase drinks or breakfast. There will also be heart walk shirts available while supplies last. 

Absolutely!  We would love your support at any time.  Just contact us at expectinghearts@gmail.com and let us know you want to be a sponsor at next year's Heart Walk and we will put you on our list.  If you want to donate to Expecting Hearts to support our mission, that is greatly appreciated as well.  You can donate through our link our homepage or contact us to send payment by check or Venmo.