Run For Cause

The Happiness Centre For The Mentally Disabled Children, Malacca.
This home was established in July 2000 and is a home for the mentally disabled children ranging from 1 year to 33 years old of various races. Most of the children have multiple disabilities ranging from cerebral palsy, polio, paralysis, speech impairment, Down Syndrome and other mental disorders.

The children were either abandoned at hospitals or come from poor families who do not have the means to meet their special needs. There are currently 35 children at the home. The centre does not charge any fee for looking after the children. They employ 10 caretakers and every inch of the house which the centre occupies is used either for beds / mattresses or storage of food...etc.

Currently, the home needs a refrigerator desperately as the old one is out of order and cannot be repaired anymore. Part of the home ceiling are going to tear apart, rats have ripped and make holes on it, cracked walls need to be cemented, etcs.
Watch the short video below which i have taken during my visit on May 8.


This year i will be participating the following races to raise funds for the home. I wish you will be able to come forward to do your bit for charity. I will appreciate you could contribute a mininum RM30 to the home on any of the below races i will be running. Thank you.

May 16 May 29 June 27 July 3 July 4 Sept 5 Sept 26 Oct 9 Oct 30-31 Nov 21 Dec 5 Dec 11-12 Dec 26

NB 15km, Kuala Lumpur Adidas Sundown Marathon - 84km, Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon, Kuala Lumpur Southern Cross University Run, 10km Gold Coast Gold Coast Airport Marathon, Australia Great Scottish 21km Run, Glasgow Newton 25km /12 km Challenge, Kuala Lumpur North Face 100 Challenge - 50km Duo, Singapore Ultra Marathon 140km 'Kuala Lumpur - Malacca' Penang Bridge International Marathon, Penang Standard Chartered Marathon, Singapore 12hr Walkathon, Malacca McRitchie 25 Ultra Marathon, Singapore [TBC]

Cheque Issued To :
Happiness Centre for the Mentally Disabled Children Pusat Kanak-Kanak Terencat Akal Bahagia

Post To :
4803-C, Jalan Anggerik 1, Taman Anggerik Klebang Kecil, 75200 Melaka, Malaysia

Remarks : Behind the cheque, please state 'Amelia-Run For Cause'

For further enquiries, please contact:
Roy Collar / Nancy @ 06 - 3364561 / 06 - 3358487

Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2010 Registration Online is Now Open

If you had tried registering on-line for the 10k AND either the FULL or the HALF marathon for the Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2010, you may have encountered some problems.

The system may have prompted your second entry as a 'duplicate application'.
Unfortunately its something technical that has been set in the on-line system and cannot be changed for this year.

The easy way out of it is to register under a slightly different name, as in the para below. Many of us have already registered for both, the 10k & FULL marathon.
( By the way, if you are thinking of registering as "Haile Gebrselassie" - forget it..... I have already done so....haha! )

See ya @ GC.......

Cheerio
mohan

The Gold Coast Marathon is now open. Click here to register online.www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au

The Gold Coast Airport Marathon 2010 registration is open. The website is:
http://www.goldcoastmarathon.com.au