Up to 1,300 to attend YWCA charity walk-run June 21

YWCA Chairwoman Praichit Jetpai announces the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center’s Walk-Run 2014 will take place June 21 on Pattaya Beach.

Urasin Khantaraphan
More than 1,000 people are expected to help raise funds for charity at the YWCA Bangkok-Pattaya Center’s Walk-Run 2014 June 21 on Pattaya Beach.
YWCA Chairwoman Praichit Jetpai and Pattaya Deputy Mayor Ronakit Ekasingh announced the event to benefit Banglamung Hospital and a Proctor & Gamble Thailand library for kindergarteners project.
The six-hour run starts at 3 p.m. in front Central Festival Pattaya Beach and completes in front of the Amari Orchid Resort & Tower. As many as 1,300 people are estimated to participate.
Runners and walkers will be separated into four categories: boys and girls under 15 and men and women over age 15. The 350 baht entrance fee includes beverages, food and a t-shirt.
Applicants can apply at the beach footpath in front of Central Festival that day after 3 p.m. Winners will receive trophies.

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