Descriptions of Activity

Walkathon is an event at the beginning of the year held by InterAct with the goal of raising money and bringing schools closer together. Through collecting sponsors on signup sheets, participants gain the ability to fundraise for charity. On the actual day of Walkathon, schools such as XinKe, and GuanWu come together and “walk” for a good cause. By inviting multiple schools to our beloved NEHS/IBSH campus as well as the lake beside our school grounds, students of different education systems get to have friendly competitions with one another or simply pick up everyday conversations. All the while, achieving good in society through earning money with every bead of sweat they lose walking the Walkathon, earning hard money for those in need, either to children of Unicef International, or the mentally delayed at Lux Mundi. Whichever way it goes, the money they have earned through this bonding of students and promotion of physical as well as mental health, finds its way to to begin their running expedition their Walkathon wristbands

Comments and Reflections,

Generally, the whole event ran pretty smoothly, and was quite a success. However, one thing we could really work on and improve upon is the idea of advertising the event itself. Though Walkathon already has established for quite a while and is well known throughout IBSH, we have learned that talking to the student body with clarity is imperative. Due to the rather unorganized and disorderly method of simply telling people that there is an event called Walkathon, which none of them really worked on conveying anything at all, we could have used to blackboard to emphasize where permission slips are located, use online campaigning earlier, and branch out to the “popular” kids in each grade to persuade their peers to join the activity, we could’ve increased the participants from high school drastically. Announcing when the event takes place seems to be the most principle way of advertising, surprise. As for companies, all the companies we’ve worked with outside of school for Walkathon, such as the wristbands, seemed to be able to coordinate well with our schedule, which is a clear indication that they are the right one and can be contacted next year again!

Activity pictures:

Justin & Brian(9) help the 光武 ladies with the sign

新科 students arrive and wait in line.

Let us all pose for picture

Ansen(10) running with fashion

Students from 新科 Middle School

Ms. Jess Cheng and Principal Huang are also participating in the event

IBSH and 新科 students running together