The 2011 Green Fun Run takes place on:
- Saturday 8 October at 16h30(ending approx 17h30)
- Start at entrance to Makana Botanical Gardens, on Lucas Avenue, Grahamstown.
- Refreshments: Drinking water will be available at the start/finish line. Various local food outlets are usually open.
Entry and Challenge Forms
- Green Fund Run Challenge 2011: Dare your colleagues, friends and even arch rivals to this challenge.
- Green Fund Run Entry Form 2011: Open to ALL. Team (maximum 3 members) OR individual entries are welcome. Register on Friday outside Eden Grove (Lucas Avenue) or at least 30 minutes before the start.
- Minimum donation: R10 per participant.
Prizes
- First 3 teams/individualscrossing the finishing line
- Best dressed team(judged according to the environmental theme)
- Best baton (judged according to the environmental theme).
Certificates and symbolic prizes - in the form of a tree being planted in honour of the achievement - will be awarded to these winners. The winners will have the opportunity to plant the trees, and the names of the winning teams will be included on the register of trees managed as a part of the Green Fund by the Environmental Committee.
- More info on the Green Fun Run / environment(at)ru.ac.za or call Nikki on 046-603.7205
Donations
Donations, other than entry fees, made to the Green Fund may attract tax benefits in terms of Section 18A of the Income Tax Act. Rhodes has a Broad-based BEE rating as a level 4 contributor and therefore has a recognition level of 100%. A system of honouring donors by planting trees and recording the names of donors in a register is being developed by the RU Environmental Committee.
Background
The 2010 Green Fund Run was the first event organised by the Rhodes University Environmental Committee to raise funds for the University's Green Fund.