COEXIST: Help Rebuild Libraries and Communities Fun Run 2016

As part of the I Love My Library’s (ILML) Campaign every year, the Library decided to launch a new way to promote the advocacy not only to the library students and professionals but also to the community as well. After a series of events held for the past years to promote the campaign - Video Competition, Photo Essay Competition, and the GivEnggLove Competition; the Library decided to do a fund-raising activity to support a beneficiary community for this year.

The COEXIST: Help Rebuild Libraries and Communities Fun Run 2016 is an event geared to raise funds for the I Love My Library Campaign Outreach Program which will support a chosen beneficiary community. The event mainly aims to reinforce the existence of libraries and communities, thus, it was named as COEXIST. Through this event, the Library also aimed to further promote the advocacy of the I Love My Library Campaign. The Fun Run was set to occur on February 14, 2016 (Sunday) at the UP Academic Oval and was open to anyone willing to support the advocacy.

The I Love My Library Committee was the one charged with handling the Fun Run event along with the Information Services section which managed the promotion and publicity of it. A Task force, with the same members as that of the ILML Committee and with the inclusion of the Chair of the Outreach Program Committee was formed to accomplish the event.

PROGRAM

Registration                                                                              5:00 A.M.

Opening Ceremony                                                                  5:45 A.M

Briefing Prior to Race                                                 

Warm-Up                                                                                 5:50 A.M.

Start of the Race                                                                                 

            2.2K                                                                            6:10 A.M.

            4.4K                                                                            6:00 A.M.

Awarding of Winners                                                              7:00 A.M.

Distribution of Certificates                                                     7:30 A.M.

RACE ROUTE

The start/ finish venue of the run is at the UP Melchor Hall.

A total of nine (9) dealers pledged for the sponsorship of the prizes.

Sponsor

Belview

Linar

CE-Logic

MegaTexts

LibTech

Fastbooks

Cengage

Emerald

Springer

            
           Sponsorships in kind were also received by the library.

Sponsor	Item
Beta Epsilon Fraternity	Soup and drinks
Fibisco	Coffee and biscuits
Kambal Pandesal	Bread

         
           The soup to be used for the “Lugaw For A Cause” was packaged with the bread, biscuits, coffee, and drinks and was made available to participants at P 50.00.

EVENT PROPER

           The registration period was made available for 19 days from January 18 (Monday) to February 5 (Friday). A total of 239 participants from all walks of life participated in the Fun Run.

Representatives from Beta Epsilon and Kambal Pandesal also came earlier to set up the food and drinks which they brought. Some of the staff and utility workers also assisted in the distribution of the food and drinks.

At 5:00AM, the registration of participants to confirm their attendance on the day begun. Out of the 239 participants, 224 were present and 15 were not able to attend the event.

Participants lined up to confirm their attendance for the event.

            The registration period was supposed to end at 5:45AM but because of the continuous arrival of participants at that time, it was extended until 5:55AM. The warm up, led by two library staff, Mr. Marvin Factor and Ms. Krystalle Rome Peralta, followed.

 A warm up was done to prepare the participants before the actual run.

            After the warm up, the participants of the 4.4K distance category were told to assemble in front of the race mark. The colors of the rubber bands to be picked up from each station were also announced. The gun start of the 4.4K run started at 6:10AM, ten minutes later than its supposed schedule. Mr. Ronilo Salustiano marked the start of the race with a 10-second countdown and by blowing a whistle. The same was done for the 2.2K distance category which started at 6:15AM, also ten minutes later than its supposed schedule.

Participants assembled at the race mark (left) and participants on the run (right)

            Staff with a videocamera were also placed near the race mark to record the arrival of the participants. The top finishers were spotted as well as the winners of the special prizes.

           

            The awarding followed shortly after all the participants have finished their run. Winners were called to receive their prizes at the Melchor Hall steps. The prizes were handed to the winners by the Head Librarian, Ms. Sharon Maria Esposo-Betan.

The following participants were the top three finishers for each distance category.

	2.2K	4.4K
1st Place	Sarmiento, Kimbert	De Asis, Jujet
2nd Place	Marfil, Michael	Refia, Rico
3rd Place	Lumawag, Regie	Quirol, Alfredo

Winners of the COEXIST Fun Run 2016

            Certificates of appreciation to the sponsors with their representatives present were also given. Representatives of Beta Epsilon fraternity, Commonwealth Foods, Inc. (Fibisco), and Kambal Pandesal were present during the event.

Beta Epsilon receiving their Certificate of Appreciation from EnggLib’s Head Librarian

Commonwealth Foods representative (left) and Kambal Pandesal representative receiving their Certificate of Appreciation from EnggLib’s Head Librarian

            After all the awards were given, the program ended by giving a shout out to all the sponsors and by encouraging the participants to avail of the soup for the “Lugaw for a Cause” project. Certificates of Completion were also given to the participants after the run.

            More pictures are available at EnggLib's official Facebook account: COEXIST Fun Run 2016