The inaugural Running Wild 8km trail run takes place on Sunday 11 June and funds raised from the event will send children on the unique Coaching for Conservation (C4C) BUSHDay.
Coaching for Conservation is a unique programme whose mission is “to conserve Africa’s wildlife and natural resources by using sport to engender self respect and inspire a generation of kids who care”, said Lesley McNutt, Director, Coaching for Conservation.
“Our goal is to inspire kids to care about themselves, each other and the natural world around them, said McNutt.
The trail run will start at the Sidbury Sports Club and athletes will run through the Amakhala Reserve.
All the money raised from the trail run will be used to sponsor BushRAP days for schools within the Grahamstown community.
Natasha Pretorius, Director of Community Engagement at St Andrew’s said the idea for the run stems from the partnership between St Andrew’s and DSG with Coaching for Conservation. “Last year we got together and looked for different ways that the schools could help sponsor BushRAP days for our partner schools”.
“The beauty of the run as it is now taking shape, shows true community partnership as so many different players have come together to make this possible, said Pretorius”.
Harcourts Grahamstown have come on board as sponsors of the run, while Grocott’s Mail have joined as media sponsors.
“We aim to get the whole community involved in what we hope will be an annual ‘running with Wildlife for a Reason’ to raise funds to send more kids on the Unique Coaching for Conservation BUSHDay, said McNutt.
“Get involved, get out your takkies, spend a day with the family running with the beautiful wildlife on Amakhala Game reserve,” said McNutt.
Food, festivities and activities for the whole family will take place from 10am to 2pm.
St Andrew’s College matric pupils Zuko Yaka, Frances Christie and TK Chuma will provide live music at the run.
Enter here: http://www.sacschool.com/community-engagement/c4c-run/
For more information e-mail c4crunningwild@gmail.com or visit the website www.coachingforconservation.org
