THE FIRST-EVER Hotel Elizabeth Royal Run 2012 chose the San Pedro Calungsod Foundation as its beneficiary.
The running event is slated Nov. 18 starting and ending at The Terraces of Ayala Center Cebu.
“Our president Elizabeth Fernando of Fersal Hotel Group really wanted to extend her charity works to our dear San Pedro Calungsod by giving donations to its foundation and we found a suitable way of helping the foundation by giving all the proceeds of the running event to the foundation,” said Hotel Elizabeth Cebu’s general manager Edmund Valencia during yesterday’s launching at Hotel Elizabeth. He was joined by resident manager Kathy Angala and race director Kenneth Casquejo of Kennetic Running Concept.
A copy of a letter of endorsement coming from Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma encourages the Archdiocese of Cebu to support the running event, which is also held in line with the celebration of the second anniversary of Hotel Elizabeth on Nov. 16.
Valencia also said they will be holding a feeding program in Barangay Camputhaw on the day of the hotel’s anniversary.
The race offers distances of a 4 kilometers, 8k and 16k. The top five winners in each category will be given cash prizes.
Registration can be done at Hotel Elizabeth at Archbishop Reyes Avenue in barangay Camputhaw and at RUNNR Ayala Center Cebu.
Registration fee is pegged at P300 for the 4k and 8k and P400 for the 16k. Deadline will be on Nov. 16. /CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL