Author: Martina Vaculíková
On Saturday 3.9.2022 Kladno continued the tradition of SAMK (Sports Areas of Kladno) in a charity run. This year, for the first time – and we believe not the last – people could run for C4C´s Dr. Klaun program. Because of the pandemic, this run was cancelled in 2021, but in the spring of 2022 SAMK chose the Dr. Klaun initiative to be the recipient of the charity run at the Sletiště area in Kladno. Thank you very much: it’s a pleasure to work with SAMK – the organization is working at its best and the mood is always great!
So Kladno ran. Well, actually participants of the 1 and 5 km course were running, walking, using a scooter or a bike, even strollers and wheelchairs were spotted – not to forget those folks “walking the dog”… This year the participants used all options. Only swimming the distance was impossible, and no one chose to ride a horse 😊
The atmosphere at Sletiště was amazing – not only thanks to the clowns, the balloon magician and various other stands, but especially thanks to the participants. They were running for a good cause – the proceeds from the voluntary entry fee will be used for visits of the Dr. Klaun team at the Kladno hospital. It’s something that all of us can appreciate one day – a hospital stay can happen to any of us. And who would refuse a bit of fun in a hospital bed?
All ages came together for this auspicious event – from babies in a pram to the most age-wise. The clowns warmed-up the crowd and the chairwoman of the Chance 4 Children Foundation, Markéta Franke, who is covering the public fundraising for Dr. Klaun, pressed the trigger of the starter gun after a heartfelt thank you to everyone involved. She then went to the trail herself on a scooter, while the clowns welcomed the first competitors at the finish line.
The earnings of the run totalled 20.400,- CZK, which will cover approximately 30 visits of the clowns to the hospital. Clowns usually visit the Kladno hospital 3 times a week, so 195 starters supported 10 weeks of clown visits! Thank you! You are great!
The media partner of the event was Radio Relax, to whom we would also like to thank, because such a high turnout of runners was certainly largely thanks to the station!
Hopefully next year we will be back at the start 😉
