Closing ceremony of KSL Virtual Run 2019.
17 Sep 2019
On 17 September 2019, the closing event of the KSL Virtual Run 2019 was held at KSL Tower. The representative of Ramathibodi Foundation, Assistant Professor Thongchai Pongmakapat, M.D., the executive director and treasurer of the Foundation, attended the event and received the donation from Mr. Chamroon Chinthammit, CEO & President of Khon Kaen Sugar Industry PLC.
At the closing of the project, executives and staff at both the head office and the factories could accumulate the total distance of 314,116 kilometers which was turned to 1,570,580 Baht of donation. Apart from this amount, the runners who were not KSL staff also donated 15,800 Baht in addition.
The objective of KSL Virtual Run 2019 was to promote the health awareness of executives and staff by running to accumulate distance to meet each individual target within the period of four months, from 1 April to 31 July 2019 for personnel at the head office and from 1 May to 31 August 2019 for those at the factories. The total target in this project was 300,000 kilometers. The acquired distance would be converted to five baht per kilometer for donating to the Ramathibodi Foundation to procure medical equipment and appliances.
