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RACE CHARITIES

Supporting WORTHY Causes
The Comrades Marathon is extremely proud to be able to give back to those less fortunate, or to worthy causes
in need of support, through its Amabeadibeadi Charity Drive, which supports six official race charities.
The 2017 Comrades Marathon once again has six official charities as its beneficiaries, and runners could make a donation to one or more of these charities as part of their entry,
while both runners and race supporters can further support these charities through the purchase of Amabeadibeadi beads and other products at the Expo. The Amabeadibeadi
project continues to grow with the world’s biggest ultra, so find out a little more about the race charities and get involved to make your 2017 Comrades run a lasting gift!

COMMUNITY CHEST
The Pietermaritzburg and Durban District Community Chests are non-profit organisations
committed to raising and distributing funds and providing services in a professional and efficient
manner, to organisations engaged in meeting the welfare, education, health and income
generation needs of their communities.
More info: www.communitychest.org.za

THE SPORTS TRUST
The Sports Trust increases access and creates opportunities for all South Africans to participate
in sport through the provision of kit, equipment and facilities. The Trust has aligned itself with
the Minister of Sport’s mandate to increase the participation in school sport and enhancing young
sports stars’ educational achievements.
More info: www.thesportstrust.co.za

PINK DRIVE
The Pink Drive is the indispensable breast cancer Public Benefit Organisation that
powers SA’s first mobile mammography and education units, reaching all corners
of the country. These units travel to semi-urban and urban areas enabling various disadvantaged communities
access to examinations as well as teaching how to do breast self-examinations.
More info: www.pinkdrive.co.za

WILDLANDS CONSERVATION TRUST

Images: Courtesy CMA

The Wildlands Conservation Trust works on the philosophical understanding
that human wellbeing is dependent on the environment’s health, and works at
community level to develop the tools that help strengthen the eco-system. The
trust has developed a network of ‘Green-Preneuers’ across SA, to protect and restore diverse community eco-systems.
More info: www.wildlands.co.za

STARFISH GREATHEARTS FOUNDATION
The Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international charity that brings hope,
life and opportunity to more than 11,000 children who are orphaned or made
vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. The foundation believes in making a difference one child
at a time, and is inspired by the incredible resilience of the children we meet and support.
More info: www.starfishcharity.org/get-involved-sa

WORLD VISION

Race4Charity
Race4Charity offers runners an opportunity to
improve their seeding at the start of the race through
raising funds for the six race charities. To do this,
runners need to log on to their entry profile on
www.comrades.com, select to join the
Race4Charity drive and choose one of the six race
charities to run for. They can then create their own
fundraising page and will have until 2 May to raise
at least R5000 to qualify for the special CC seeding
batch. These runners will also receive an exclusive
Race4Charity goodie bag at registration.
Supporters can go online to make a donation
towards a runner’s fundraising attempt – go to
www.comrades.com/charities/race-4-charity,
where you will be redirected to a Comrades entry
list. Next, click on a runner’s charity logo to make an
online donation to their cause.

TOYOTA Amabeadibeadi Win-A-Car
This is a major part of
the annual Comrades
Amabeadibeadi Charity
campaign, with a brand
new Toyota vehicle up for
grabs on Comrades race
day, through a lucky draw
done on race day. To enter, runners and members
of the public can enter the draw for a brand new car
simply by submitting one or more SMS messages
in the months leading up to race day. More info:
www.comrades.com/charities/toyota-win-a-car

World Vision is a Christian relief, development
and advocacy organisation dedicated to
working with children, families and communities to overcome poverty and injustice.
It is dedicated to working with the world’s most vulnerable people and serves all, regardless of race, religion, gender and ethnicity.
More info: www.worldvision.co.za

An Amabeadibeadi gift will be enclosed in a runner’s race number pack if they make a minimum donation of R50 to
Amabeadibeadi. Please support our charity drive!

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