Athletes in Action - "Schools Run for School Rooms"

Last June 11, I received a message on our fb page regarding a fund raising event/run dubbed as "Schools Run for School Rooms". It was also an invitation for a bloggers meet to be held June 20, 2012. Unfortunately, it falls on a Wednesday in which we host a regular bible study at home. Since this is an advocacy run, i will be very much willing to share some of the details i have received on this event. Here is an excerpt of the letter i have received:

"Iligan City was among the places in Northeastern Mindanao that were worst-hit by typhoon Sendong. The typhoon, which ravaged the region with its heavy rainfall from December 15 to 18, left a total of PhP 1,033,131,515,100. 00 worth of damages in infrastructures, agricultural crops, and school buildings. Six months after the disaster, the situation in Iligan City remains bleak. Many people are still living in so-called tent cities and living off relief goods. As the school year starts, the children would have to make do with makeshift classrooms, as 12 schools and 136 classrooms in Iligan City were among Sendong's casualties.

Athletes in Action (AIA) believes in making positive changes in people’s lives through sports. That is why the international humanitarian organization of athletes is organizing an advocacy run on July, which proceeds will fund the rebuilding of the classrooms in Iligan City.

Titled "Schools Run for School Rooms" (SRSR), the advocacy run will gather student-runners from major colleges and universities in Metro Manila to compete in distances of 3K, 5K, and 10K on the urban environment of the Bonifacio Global City early morning of July 7th. Besides college students, groups from government agencies, churches, and private corporations have also expressed their interest in joining the SRSR."


Athletes in Action is an organization of athletes, coaches, and trainers that has presence in 94 countries, including the Philippines. Its members include Michael Chang, David Robinson, Avery Johnson, Kevin Durant, Tim Tebow, Chris Paul, Michael Redd, and Coaches Tony Dungy, Lorenzo Romar, and the late John Wooden. In the Philippines, Chris Tiu, Alvin Patrimonio, Danny Ildefonso, Coach Tim Cone, Akiko Thompson, and many other athletes from the national, professional, amateur, and collegiate teams also support AIA.

This event is co-presented by the preferred sportswear brand FILA, the run is also in partnership with the Department of Education, for the benefit of the Kapuso Foundation and iCARE Foundation and supported by Gardenia, Pocarri, Pascual Lab, Cherifer, Mentos, Milcu, and Sony.

Let's support this advocacy run and help the children of Iligan City!