Kenya Education Endowment Fund (KEEF) (www.kenyaeducation.org ), a small, all-volunteer Canadian charity, is looking for runners, walkers and wheelchair users to participate in the 10Km 2022 Virtual Vancouver Sun Run - at a location and on the day of their choice between April 15 and 24.
KEEF will provide publicity and seek donations in support of the 100+ high school students and 35 post-secondary students they support in Kenya, E. Africa. (High school is not free in Kenya.) All donations will receive tax-deductible receipts and all funds raised will directly support the needs of these bright, financially needy students in Kenya.
“We have a team of runners and walkers in Kenya participating and hope to recruit individuals and teams of volunteers across Canada, coast to coast to coast for 2022” said volunteer Shelagh Armour-Godbolt.
Individual Early Bird registration for the 10Km Virtual Run is $30 until January 31st, then $40. A team (min. 8 participants) can register for $30 each until mid- February. “If someone wishes to volunteer but is low income, we have a special donation that can be used to help subsidize the registration fee”, Shelagh added.
The Vancouver Sun Run has attracted tens of thousands of participants annually for decades and is Canada’s largest street race. Cancelled due to COVID in 2020, it returned as a virtual event in 2021.
“We have had a handful of in-person walkers and runners for some years but 2021 allowed us to recruit teams in Kenya, Ontario/Quebec, and across B.C. as well as individual participants in Alberta and B.C. Eighty volunteers, ranging in age from early 20’s to early 80’s, supported KEEF in the 2021 Virtual Run. We are very excited to invite volunteers across Saskatchewan to consider joining us this year!”
To learn more about KEEF’s work in Kenya, volunteering for the Virtual Run in your community, creating a KEEF Team, or the fee subsidy, contact Shelagh at shelaghag@shaw.ca or 1-604-415-9397. Thank you for caring about youth overseas, as well as in your home community!
