Step up for Santa’s Fun Run  

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Santa’s Fun Run on Sunday, 7th December, has a record target of £100,000 towards local & selected charities. Malcolm Parr of Marlow Thames Rotary invites us to step up… 

Three thousand Santas will take the streets in Marlow on 7th December for a 5km challenge that can be run, walked or sauntered. 

An event started 21 years ago by the Marlow Rotary Clubs with a handful of runners has grown to its maximum size and is expected to sell out in weeks.  Several local lead charities will benefit but organisers will allow groups raising over £50 to share in the £15,000 “charity pool”. Businesses in particular may choose to use the event to raise funds for their own charity, and last year individual company awards topped £4,000 each. 

Last year a record £95,000 was raised. The target this year is £100,000 for the lead charities, Scannappeal (for new local breast screening equipment) and the Heart of Bucks Community Foundation’s Together Against Poverty appeal. John Prout, lead Rotary organiser for the event, said he was confident the record target could be achieved, adding: “In 2004 our first event attracted about 100 entries and each year we’ve grown and evolved.” 

Marlow Thames Rotary Club President Richard Hockly said: “We want the course to be a sea of red Santas, a fantastic fun weekend that includes businesses, schools, churches, charities, scout and guide groups, families, neighbourhoods, clubs. Come and join us!”