RUN

RUN 2016 was organized for the second consecutive year jointly with the Gateway college Alumnai association in order to raise health awareness and to raise funds for both associations.

The event RUN was first organized in the year 2015 and it became a huge success as it was the first event of that kind to be held in Kandy in such a large scale. Therefore keeping this in mind we launched the event for the second consecutive year in an even more challenging way. This took the form of a scavenger hunt but it consisted of many checkpoints which mainly focused on developing various skills of the participants.

The sponsorships were divided as Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze and this marketing strategy worked in a remarkable way. The project was given publicity through banners and posters. And a facebook event was created and the event was updated daily with posts relating to the project and also the sponsors also shared the details of the project on their electronic media.

On the day of the project the entire organizing committee and the official sponsors gathered at the KCC terrace and left for the Check point in which they were put on duty. 29 teams gathered at the above venue by 8.00 am where we had a simple ceremony to start the event officially. A basic briefing of the project was done by the Project Chairperson and then the teams were given a clue sheet which they had to solve in order to find the check points.

They were also given an instruction sheet which included additional tasks as well as the rules and regulations of the event.

The Check Points were at the Following Venues and the tasks at the various check points are also listed below.                              Check Point		Task		Area Focused to Develop
1	ACBT		Solve a paper using clues which are available in the room itself.		Resource Management, tactfulness and Communication Skills
2	KMC Car Park		Find a car which bears a clue		Observation Skills
3	George E. De Silva Park		Tasting Challenge -		Observation and Decision Making
4	Amante Showroom – KCC		5 clues were given and the competitors had to select matching clothes by solving them. Also they had to take photos of those clothes and promote it through FB by tagging 10 friends		Public Relations Skills and Networking
5	YMCA		Sell and promote various goods at stalls		Marketing Skills
6	Gateway College, Kandy		Shoot a Basket Ball		Team work
7	Sky Gym		Take part in fitness activities		Endurance and Stamina
8	Kandy City Hotel		Correctly make abed according to Hotel ethics		Ethics
9	Car Wash		Wash a given vehicle in a given time		Time Management, Team work and resource management
10	Oak Ray		Pool activity		Facing Challenges and Timely Action
11	Fire Brigade		Perform fire drill and demonstrate various activities such as emergency climb down, Hose Handling etc		Develop knowledge and skills in Fire Fighting
12	Neptune Edification		IQ Test and Paper Games		IQ and Team Work
13	American College		Quiz		General Knowledge and General Awareness

In addition we also included some bonus tasks so that the competition will be more tough and interesting. These too were designed to check and improve various skills which will come in handy in a person’s life. Even though the participants must have felt these were just for fun, we had a deeper intention when designing these tasks as well.

These included,

1. Raise a minimum of RS 500 in donations by selling cancer pins

2. Take a selfie in front of the clock tower when the time is 12 noon.

3. Take ‘A’ grade main road which is 321 km in length as a whole. Walk 4000m along that and take a 090 degree turn to face a red color board , produce proof EXCEPT a photograph

4. Produce 3 bus tickets for any location of your choice on your way

5. Take photographs of Kings Park Hotel, Lakeside Adventist Hospital, Bridge in the Lake, Hatton National Bank - Head office in Kandy, Awanhala

6. Collect 5 different Business Cards from shops in the Kandy City

 

These tasks generally targeted on developing the following aspects.

§ Public Relation and approach – Through Bonus Tasks 1 and 6

§ Time Management – Through Bonus Task 2

§ General Awareness of Area Around – Through Bonus Tasks 3,4 and 5

 

When selecting the winners we considered Timing as well as completion and participation of all or as many tasks as possible. It was indeed a tough battle between the teams.

Finally we were able to select winners for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places and they were given rewards.