«run4kids»
30.10.2016
CHF 204'656.55 - Record revenue at the 16th run4kids
Close to 1,000 employees from 24 Zurich-based companies were joined by numerous individual runners to take part in this event in Zürichhorn on 30 October 2016. Many of them were reminded of their worthwhile efforts on the following day thanks to their aching muscles. The proceeds of CHF 204'656.55 from the 2016 run have been allocated to the Chance Foundation for Critically Ill Children at Zurich Children’s Hospital Stiftung-Chance für das kritisch kranke Kind and fit4future, two organisations that have been campaigning for well-being and healthy living among children in Switzerland for a number of years.
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Funded organisations 2016
Chance Foundation for Critically Ill Children at Zurich Children’s Hospital
The Chance Foundation for Critically Ill Children at Zurich Children’s Hospital offers various services to help seriously ill or injured children and make their stay in the intensive card wards and neonatal department at Zurich Children’s Hospital that bit easier. The foundation also finances other worthwhile services, including a care team to support the families of terminally ill children, allowing them to say goodbye to their children in peace and as befits their own personal needs.
Cleven Foundation – fit4future
The Cleven Foundation has been committed to promoting healthy living among children since 2005. With more than 300 events held annually in Switzerland, fit4future is not only the charitable organisation’s main project, but it is also Switzerland’s biggest initiative campaigning for this cause. More than 150,000 children, parents and teachers benefit free of charge from this science-based programme, which gets to grips with the issues of exercise, nutrition and brain fitness. www.fit-4-future.ch
Participating companies
AdNovum Informatik AG
Autoshow Aathal AG
Avnet AG
Banco Itaú (Suisse) SA
Bank Lomard Odier & Co AG
Bitfee AG
D+H Switzerland GmbH
EPAM Systems (Switzerland) GmbH
Ernst & Young AG
GAM
Glenfis AG
Homburger AG
Meili Unternehmungen AG
Migros Bank AG
Niederer Kraft & Frey AG
OBT AG
Personal Sigma
Priora Services AG
SCOR Services Switzerland Ltd.
Shire International GmbH
Serviceplan Suisse AG
SimCorp Schweiz AG
UBS AG
Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG
Winners
Next to 1000 runners completed laps of the run4kids course in 2016, following the motto “if you’re taking part, you’ve already won”. Winners were announced in four different categories:
A) Runners' Category
Highest number of laps – individual runners
1. Alfred Ledermann (UBS AG) 37 Rounds
Gerald Heibei (UBS AG) 37 Rounds
3. Cristina Dubach (Ernst & Young) 34 Rounds
Beat Margelist (UBS AG)
Patrick Schütz (UBS AG)
Biggest private donation - individual runners
1. Thomas Ritter (Stiftung Chance) CHF 2'532.00
2. Ursula Kambli (Stiftung Chance) CHF 2'300.00
3. Nicole Papez (UBS AG) CHF 1'715.00
The winners in both of the individual runners’ categories each receive a voucher for CHF 200 from Ochsner Sport.
B) Companies' Category
Highest number of laps (average per runner)
- Bitfee AG, 20 Rounds
- EPAM Systems (Switzerland) GmbH, 17 Rounds
- 3.Niederer Kraft & Frey AG, 16.7778 Rounds
Highest company donation
- UBS AG with 220 LäuferInnen CHF 54'975.-
- Meili Unternehmungen with mit 13 LäuferInnen CHF 17'300.-
- Zürich Versicherungs-Gesellschaft AG with 90 LäuferInnen CHF 11'800.-
The winning companies each categorie win a running workshop with TV Unterstrass.