Feature
20
Running For A Worthy Cause More than 1,500 participants from all over the country braved the rain to take part in the MRCA Charity Run which was held in the evening on 14th December.
eld for the sixth consecutive year, this year’s event was held in the evening instead of early morning as in previous years. Themed “PreCountdown 2020”, the run was held in collaboration with Summit USJ, and the Guest-of-Honour was Dr. Ong Kian Ming, Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Guest of Honour who flagged off the participants. This meaningful event raised RM50,000 and the proceeds were donated to 10 charitable organisations – House of Joy, Kiwanis Club of Kluang Mandarin, Persatuan Kebajikan Taman Kebaikan, Pertubuhan Kebajikan Anak Yatim Mary, KL, Pusat Harian KanakKanak Spastik Ipoh, Rumah Kebajikan Kanak-Kanak Cacat Negeri Perak, Rumah Keluarga Kami, Vinashini Home, Vision Home and Yi Xing USJ Old Folks Home. This year’s Charity Run had two categories – 5km and 10km – and unlike previous years, the run was non-competitive and opened to the public of all ages. As the run was noncompetitive, all the participants were winners and each of them received the specially designed “M” finisher medal upon completion of the run. The alphabet is the first of the medal set of letters M.R.C.A. Organising Chairman, Jordan Ng, said that the charity run aimed to raise funds for the MRCA Branding Education Charity Foundation which was established in 2010 to not only provide educational assistance to those in need but also to help charitable organisation through various corporate social responsibility initiatives. MRCA President, Datuk Seri Garry Chua thanked Dr. Ong Kian Ming for taking time off his busy schedule on a Saturday evening to attend the Charity
H
Malaysia Retailer Vol 8 No 1
