{"id":27245,"date":"2019-03-18T18:16:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/?p=27245"},"modified":"2019-03-18T18:16:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T16:16:33","slug":"help2read-welcomed-as-4th-charity-of-fnb-cape-town-12-onerun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/more-sport\/help2read-welcomed-as-4th-charity-of-fnb-cape-town-12-onerun\/","title":{"rendered":"help2read welcomed as 4th charity of FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN"},"content":{"rendered":"

The organisers of the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN, the Cape\u2019s premier 12km road run, are proud to announce that help2read <\/strong>has been welcomed as the event\u2019s 4th<\/sup> charity in 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to support help2read\u2019s drive to erase illiteracy in South Africa,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director Stillwater Sports.\u00a0 \u201cFor many the ability to read is considered to be a basic tool that is taught to all.\u00a0 This is, however, not always the case.\u00a0 We commend help2read for the imperative role that they fulfil in teaching people to read and ultimately empowering South Africans.\u00a0 We are proud to welcome the organisation as an event charity in 2019 and trust that runners will echo our excitement by showing their support.\u201d<\/p>\n

A non-profit organisation, help2read\u2019s mission is to erase illiteracy in South Africa\u2019s disadvantaged communities, one literacy lesson at a time.\u00a0 Since the organisation\u2019s first one-on-one reading session in 2006, help2read has worked in over 223 schools<\/strong> and reached 17,500 children<\/strong> through their literacy programmes.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmongst other things help2read provides one-on-one reading support to learners in grade 2 to 4 (who are reading below grade level) twice a week for the duration of the school year,\u201d says Nikki Knowler, help2read Corporate Business\u00a0and Programme Development.\u00a0 \u201cOur Volunteer Reading Helpers (VRH) Programme and Literacy Tutor (LT) Programme run in Diepsloot and Alexander in Johannesburg, in the 32 schools across Cape Town, in the Cape Winelands and in Khayelitsha.\u00a0 We also train and employ youth age 18 to 25 from financially impoverished areas as Literacy Tutors.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing welcomed as a charity of the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN is a great opportunity for us,\u201d continues Knowler.\u00a0 \u201cBy association we are given access to fantastic media coverage, an active means to fund raising and a chance\u00a0to work with Stillwater Sports.\u00a0 We also feel that people who are active and healthy are excellent volunteers and role models for children.\u00a0\u00a0 The FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN is well-run, fun and a great way to pull communities together.<\/p>\n

Runners can get involved by signing up for help2read charity tickets for the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN, by making direct donations to help2read through our website (www.help2read.org<\/a>), running donation drives or campaigning for us or by volunteering as a Volunteer Reading Helper.\u201d<\/p>\n

For further information on help2read <\/strong>visit www.help2read.org<\/a> or email nikki@help2read.org<\/p>\n

EVENT INFORMATION<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date:<\/strong><\/td>\nSunday, 19 May 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Start Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\nWoodbridge Island, c\/o R27 and Loxton Road, Milnerton (Cape Town)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Finish Venue:<\/strong><\/td>\nBree Street (Cape Town, CBD)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Entry Fee:<\/strong><\/td>\nStandard Entry:<\/strong>\u00a0 R185 (licensed) \/ R225 (unlicensed)<\/p>\n

Gold Package Entry:<\/strong>\u00a0 R850 (licensed) \/ R890 (unlicensed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

Entries Close:<\/strong><\/td>\nMonday, 06 May 2019<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Charity Support<\/u><\/strong>:\u00a0 <\/strong>When entering online, runners can choose to make a monetary donation towards either or all four of the FNB Cape Town ONERUN Charities:\u00a0 1. help2read<\/strong>, 2. Cotlands<\/strong>, 3. Die Burger <\/strong>Kinderfonds<\/strong> and 4. The Cape Of Good Hope SPCA<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This year each event charity has also been allocated x100 entries<\/strong> which will be available at R500 each<\/strong>.\u00a0 When entering on line, runners can choose this specific entry option.\u00a0 The proceeds will go directly to the selected charity.<\/p>\n

Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>@help2read<\/a> \/ Ctown12<\/a><\/p>\n

Twitter: \u00a0<\/strong>@help2read<\/a> \/\u00a0 <\/strong>@CTown12<\/a><\/p>\n

Instagram: \u00a0<\/strong>help2readsouthafrica<\/a> \/<\/strong> @capetown_12<\/a><\/p>\n

Hashtag:\u00a0 <\/strong>#FNBRunYourCitySeries<\/p>\n

Website:\u00a0 <\/strong>www.thecapetown12.com<\/a><\/p>\n

About the FNB Run Your City Series<\/u><\/em><\/strong>:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

FNB is proud to once again bring you the FNB Run Your City Series<\/u><\/strong> which\u00a0 comprises of three unique mass participation events that integrate business involvement, family, diversity, investment in community, world class achievement and fun for all participants, both individuals and businesses alike. <\/em><\/p>\n

Each of the races are developed to take participants through the historical routes around each city, thereby adding a tourism element to each race, making it more than a race but an economic opportunity for each community. <\/em><\/p>\n

The FNB Run Your City Series is made up of three races around South Africa, namely, the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN, the FNB Joburg 10K CITYRUN and the FNB Durban 10K CITYSURFRUN. <\/em><\/p>\n

For further information please visit www.runyourcityseries.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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The organisers of the FNB Cape Town 12 ONERUN, the Cape\u2019s premier 12km road run, are proud to announce that help2read has been welcomed as the event\u2019s 4th charity in 2019. \u201cWe are excited to support help2read\u2019s drive to erase illiteracy in South Africa,\u201d says Michael Meyer, Managing Director Stillwater Sports.\u00a0 \u201cFor many the ability […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":58746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1206],"tags":[3442,2193,3419,3914,2737,2683],"class_list":["post-27245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-more-sport","category-press-release","tag-cape-town-12-onerun","tag-fnb","tag-fnb-cape-town-12-onerun","tag-help2read","tag-michael-meyer","tag-stillwater-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27245\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southafricatoday.net\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}