General Interest
21 Corporate companies join hands to pledge their commitment for charity despite economic slowdown
Siemens Malaysia raises funds for the underprivileged through its 5th annual charity run – the Siemens Run
Petaling Jaya, Jul 19, 2009
The current world economy is putting a halt to corporate responsibility (CR) commitments for many corporations worldwide, but corporate companies in Malaysia proved that they still have a heart.
Pledging their support, 21 companies, 11 of them co-sponsors, reaffirmed their commitments for charity through the 5th Siemens Run at the annual charity run flag-off at Dataran Merdeka today. The run was further given the stamp of approval by the Datuk Bandar of Kuala Lumpur, Dato’ Ahmad Fuad bin Ismail, who flagged-off the race.
The race has received good support from co-sponsors Crocs, Mentholatum Deep Heating Rub, Hooha.Asia, Men’s Health and Shape magazine, Milo, 100 Plus, Nature Valley, Nivea, Prince Court Medical Centre, and Reebok; who are the official sportswear. All were present at the event today. Corporate team buyers Digi, The Royal Bank of Scotland, Prince Court Medical Centre, Plaza Low Yat, Bumi Armada Sdn Bhd, Bayer (M) Sdn Bhd, Airfoil Services Sdn Bhd, Bauer (M) Sdn Bhd, Scomi Engineering and Maxis Broadband Sdn Bhd also joined in the race in their fancy themed outfits.
The corporate companies, some who paid up to RM5,000, also enjoyed some quality time with the beneficiaries by organising fun and educational activities for them at their canopies.
The funds raised from the run will be donated to three charities. They are the SM Pendidikan Khas Cacat Penglihatan in Setapak, the National Autistic Society of Malaysia in Sentul and the Taman Megah Handicapped and Disabled Childrens’ Home in Petaling Jaya.
Siemens Run 2009 will channel 100 per cent of proceeds collected towards these charities. This year, Siemens Run attracted a total of 5005 runners in terms of participation– about 1,000 more than last year.
“In times of this softening economy, we need to continue helping the underprivileged as they too are part of this crisis and need everyday Malaysians and corporate companies to help them to survive. Siemens Run is open to all individual and corporate companies alike who would like to share our dream of helping unfortunate children and many many more,” said President & CEO Siemens Malaysia Tan Sri Rainer Althoff at the event today.
The main categories include the 10km Men and Women Open (18 years & above), Men Junior Veteran (40-49 years), Men Senior Veteran (50 years & above); 7.5km Women Veteran (35 years & above), boys and girls (13 under 18) and the 3.5km Dream Run (open category).
Taking centre stage again this year, was the Dream Run, the 3.5km fun run which was a runaway success with its carnival atmosphere last year. The route shot to stardom as sounds of live percussion, chart topping hits and Siemens cheer teams added camaderie to the event and provided morale support to the runners racing to the finish line.
“We succeeded in more than 4000 participants overall last year and reached 5,000 runners this year. It is a run designed with everyone in mind. I hope that in coming years more runners will register and be part of this dream to raise money for charity,” added Tan Sri Rainer Althoff.
Participants of Siemens Run 2009 took home a combined prize money totalling RM27,100. The first five winners in each category received a trophy, while medals were presented to runners who finished 6th to 150th place. All runners who completed the race received a certificate.
To assists participants in gearing up for the run, Siemens conducted running clinics by national coach P.Sidamparam at the Lake Gardens on weekends.
This press release has been published by the Communications Department, Siemens Malaysia Sdn Bhd.
Your contact at Siemens Malaysia:-
Ms Vasanthe Narayanasamy
Head, Communications
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Ms Ranjini T
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Ms Pearly Yeoh
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