Hee (right) with the help of her husband (left) and a volunteer prepare coloured powder to be used during the run day.
A map showing the route of the Colour Rush Run 3.0 which will be held this Sunday.
MIRI: Some 3,000 people are expected to turn up at the Colour Rush Run 3.0 which will be held this coming Sunday at Miri Indoor Stadium.
Speaking to The Borneo Post yesterday, Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society (SCCS) secretary and head of liaison Miri, Jocelyn Hee, said she was very surprised with the good response.
“Previously, we received only 1,500 registrations from locals. However, within the two weeks, the number, both from online registration and manual registration, suddenly doubled,” she said with excitement.
On the participants, she said some as young as three years old and those up to 70 years old had registered for the run.
“More importantly, we have realised that there are far more female participants than male.”
Hee also said those yet to register could do so on the actual day of the run.
“In fact, I still received calls from a lot of friends in Brunei who may not be able to come early to register, thus I have advised them to register themselves before the event on the eve and/or the actual day, so that they can get their limited edition T-shirt and goodie bag,” she said.
Meanwhile, Hee also shared her preparations for the big event like applying for permits from the police, traffic department, Miri City Council and Miri Indoor Stadium, and even getting ready an ambulance to standby in case of emergency.
She admitted that handling the expected huge crowd wouldn’t be easy.
“Therefore, I have arranged over 70 volunteers including Rela officers to help look after the safety of the participants. Of course, it is still advisable for the participants to look after their children and younger friends while out on the road,” she said.
Colour Rush would not be fun without the coloured powder. Thus, Hee said apart from preparing the thousands of packets of powder for the participants, they were also preparing extra packets of powders to stir up the fun.
“Rest assured it will be a great fun day for the young and old to remember. After all, all the effort is to promote awareness of children’s cancer,” she said, adding that the event was not a fund-raiser though part of the registration fees (after deducting the expenses) would be used to cover SCCS’ operation cost and patients’ treatment.