CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A fun run organized
by the students’ organization of the Wesleyan University of the Philippines to
raise funds for victims of sexual abuse and those displaced by typhoon “Yolanda”
kicked off before dawn here yesterday, participated in by 1,000 runners.
Dubbed “Run for
Kids 2014,” the event started at 4 am at Plaza Acacia inside the Cushman Campus
of the WUP - Nueva Ecija’s oldest private university - along Mabini Extension
here.
The
run-for-a-cause activity was organized by the university’s supreme student
council (SSC) led by its president Juan Rolando Dizon, the event’s overall
chairman and council vice president and co-project head Amira Panginen.
Ian Javier,
council secretary and project head, said the 1,000 participants came from all
walks of life, the youngest of whom was a seven-year-old kid. The event was
categorized into three, one involving a three-kilometer run, another for five kilometers
and the third for a distance of 10 kilometers.
The 5km run was
for runners 12 years and above while the 10kkm for adults. The first placer
stands to receive P2,000 plus medal, the second placer P1,500 and the third
P1,000.
Emmanuel Cleto,
SSC adviser, said they expect the fun run to be a resounding success since all
the jerseys were almost sold out three days before the actual event.
Javier said they expect to raise P300,000 from
the three events, proceeds of which will go to victims of sexual abuses at the
Home for Girls in Palayan City and those affected by Yolanda in Tacloban City.
He said that
last year, a similar fun run benefited 30 cancer-stricken children where they
were able to procure machine for bone marrow transplant.
The
sponsors for the fun run were such firms as SaveMore, Robinson’s, Smart
Communications, Jollibee, Kia, BanKo, Towncall, Chevrolet, Peugot, Red Logo,
Philippine National Police, Cabanatuan Electric Corp., Paulino J. Garcia
Memorial Research and Medical Center (PJGMRMC), BDO, Alalay sa Kaunlaran, Inc.
(ASKI), Cakeland, NE Pacific, Coffee La Tea, Vicentico’s, 14M, Toyota, Mercury
Drug, Manson Drug, M Lhuillier, Cebuana Lhuillier, Gloria Jeans Coffee, Slice
& Dice, Blue Copy, Medlinks and Maybank. – Manny Galvez
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