Red Cross marks Int’l Year of Volunteers with running event
IN LINE WITH the celebration of the International Year of Volunteers, Red Cross will hold the Million Volunteer Run simultaneously on Dec. 4 in Lapu-Lapu and Cebu City.
The run will actually be held in all key cities and municipalities nationwide.
The Lapu-Lapu edition will start at the Lapu-Lapu City hall grounds while the Cebu run starts at the Cebu Business Park.
The Cebu run will feature 3-kilometer, 6-k and 12-k distances while the Lapu-Lapu run will only offer a non-competitive 5-kilometer run.
The event aims to promote Red Cross’s 143 program, wherein 44 volunteers—1 leader and 43 members— will be established in each of the 42,000 barangays of the archipelago to cope with and reduce the risks of disasters.
The Lapu-Lapu run was launched yesterday headed by Lapu-Lapu chapter treasurer Mario Amores at the Lapu-Lapu City Department of Education (DepEd) office.
He was joined by board of director Erotida Jumao-as, chapter administrator Vic Jay Gonzal and Bernard Restificar.
The running event also aims to raise funds for the core volunteers in each barangay of Lapu-Lapu.
The registration fee is pegged at P500 inclusive of a race shirt, 143 volunteer ID, a whistle, race bib and Red Cross membership insurance. The organizers are expecting 2,500 runners to join.
Registration will start Nov. 7 and will last until Dec. 1 at the Red Cross Lapu-Lapu office in Dela Serna Street, Poblacion. CORRESPONDENT DALE G. ROSAL
