A FUNDRAISER for children living with heart disease will take place in Frankston this weekend. The annual Two Feet & A Heartbeat walk takes place at Ballam Park Primary School on Saturday, 25 October. Participants will be walking four kilometres in honour of the four deaths from childhood-onset heart disease each week, or eight kilometres to mark the eight babies born each day in Australia with a heart condition.
HeartKids CEO Marcus Sandmann says that money raised through the walks, which take place across the country throughout October, will be used “to increase accessibility to HeartKids support services and programs in hospitals, across communities and in rural and regional areas.”
“Two Feet & A Heartbeat is an important walk for the 250,000 children, teens and adults and a larger number of family members and carers that have been affected by CoHD. I encourage you to join Two Feet & A Heartbeat and walk with us to support our heart families with in-hospital services, family support programs and other vital resources,” he said.
“Two Feet & A Heartbeat brings together families, friends and volunteers to remember those who have passed away from childhood-onset heart disease as well as celebrate children living with a heart condition. It is an event that raises awareness and hope for the families that are affected by heart disease.”
For more information visit twofeetheartbeat.org.au/Frankston
First published in the Frankston Times – 21 October 2025
