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Marco Polo Plaza’s Run for th ERUF – A 10 Anniversary Celebration Marco Polo Plaza kicked off its 10th anniversary celebration by giving back. On April 3, 2016, more than 900 runners gathered for RUN FOR ERUF #TimelessAt10 run for a cause. There were three distance categories – 10K, 5K and 1K. A hundred percent of the proceeds of the run goes to the Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation (ERUF-Cebu). Runners gathered as early as 4:00 AM to participate in the Zumba warm-up led by the Sports and Fitness Enthusiasts (SAFE). After the warm up, runners were briefed on the route of the race by Race Director Joel Baring. The 10K runners were welcomed with fireworks they started race. 5K and 1K runners followed shortly. To ensure that the runners will have less muscle pains, SAFE led the cool down exercise which was followed by a raffl e of items given by the sponsors and Gift Certificates from Marco Polo Plaza Cebu. The top 3 winners of the 5K and 10K category received a cash prize, a medal and Serenitea vouchers. Winners of the 5K Category Women’s Division are Cherry Andrin (1st place) with the time of 00:23:34.780, Mary Joy Castor (2nd place) with the time of 00:24:29.780 and Catherine Angelie Yu (3rd place) with the time of 00:24:51.340. Winners of the 5K Category Men’s Division are Joseph Mururi (1st place) with the time of 00:17:14.300, Michael Largo (2nd place) with the time of 00:17:30.950 and Douglas Mwitti (3rd place) with the time of 00:17:46.640. Winners of the 10K Category Women’s Division are Ruffa Sorongon (1st place) with the time of 00:43:15.730, Geniecel Sabella (2nd place) with the time of 00:46:06.250 and Carla Cosep (3rd place) with the time of 00:56:14.680. Winners of the 10K Category Men’s Division are Abraham Kilimo (1st place) with the time of 00:33:34.500, Eric Chepsiror (2nd place) with the time of 00:33:38.810 and Sherwin Managil (3rd place) with the time of 00:37:42.640. The Emergency Rescue Unit Foundation or ERUF has always assisted the hotel in providing safety and security to Marco Polo Plaza’s guests and associates. During hotel events, ERUF, values life, encourages volunteerism and follows its core value ‘we serve so others might live’. Marco Polo Plaza Cebu values their efforts for the community through this run for a cause. Marco Polo Plaza Cebu extends its sincerest gratitude to all participants and sponsors for the support. This run was made possible through our partnership with Calltek Center International, Ayala Center Cebu, Federal Land, The Freeman, Wrock, Cebu Daily News, IMI-SAJI, Ceed Marketing, Coca-Cola, Serenitea, Northstar, Global Business Power, Graphic Star, Sun Star Cebu, Nature’s Spring, Del Monte, Smart, Ceres Summit Corporation, J&E Vegetables, Farms Corporation, Eight to Eight, Guinto Lights and Sounds, Salon de Rose, Red Bull and Pyroworks. For more details, visit the website at www. marcopoloplazacebu.com. For real time updates, like the Facebook page at facebook. com/marcopolocebu or follow on Twitter at @5StarInCebu. 51