Running to Make a Difference

1,000 supported the Sunway University Business School (SUBS) Student Concilium’s “Run for GOLD” event last year. The 7-km run flagged off by YB Hannah Yeoh, Speaker of Selangor State Legislative Assembly and Associate Professor Dr Foo Yin Fah, Head of Accounting and Finance Department, SUBS, took participants around the Sunway Resort City which started and ended at the Sunway Campus grounds.

Rubeinthiram came in first, clocking in at twenty-nine minutes and forty seconds with Chan Jhan Yong and Deva in second and third place respectively in the Men’s Category. Chi Mei Fen clocked in at forty-one minutes and forty-six seconds to win in the Women’s Category followed by Nur Ati Kha, second and Wong Fu Yong, third.

Jane Poh, Administrator, Jeffrey Cheah Foundation, Puan Hajjah Juairiah Haji Johari, Founder and Coordinator of GOLD, Low Veen Zhen, Run for Gold Event Manager, Associate Professor Dr Foo Yin Fah, Head of Accounting and Finance Dept, SUBS and Johnny Ho, President of SUBS Student Concilium with the special students from GOLD

Varsity Run raises RM24,000

The Run for GOLD Charity Marathon organised by the Sunway University Business School (SUBS) Student Concilium recently was a runaway success judging from the over 1000 participants who turned up on a Sunday morning recently at 7 am to clean the 7 km route starting from and ending at the Graduate Centre, Sunway University. Funds raised amounted to RM24,000 which was donated to GOLD, a special class of students with learning disabilities. GOLD stands for Generating Opportunities for the Learning Disabled and is located at Komplex 3C in Bandar Sunway.

The participants included 15 GOLD special students, students of Sunway University and other institutions, staff and the public. The Top 10 finishers in the men’s and women’s categories each received a medal and a T-shirt.

SUBS students, lecturers and Run sponsors presented the cheque to GOLD. Also present were GOLD students (most seated in front row)