Secret 3k Walk Held in Vegreville

Secret 3k Walk Held in Vegreville

Rosanne Fortier - News Correspondent

Vegreville Rotary Interact Club (VRIC) hosted a Secret 3K Run/Walk on March 2 in Vegreville.

Ten members from VRIC and Rotary Club of Vegreville who participated in the event.

A total of $374 was raised, and will be donated to the Afghan Sports Trust, a charity which helps to support grassroots organizations in Afghanistan to provide opportunities through sports.

People start off the walk.

(Rosanne Fortier/Photo)

VRIC President Olivia Petryshyn said they hosted this event because girls and women don’t have the same access to sports in many places around the world. “Zainab, an athlete from Afghanistan, was told she couldn’t run because she was a woman. But she did it anyway. In 2015, she became the first Afghan woman to compete in a marathon in her own country. Now people around the world participate in the Secret 3K, a Canadian run to promote gender equality and participation in sports.”

Petryshyn said her favourite part of the walk was being able to visit with everyone again and gather together as a group to support a good cause.