BE A HERO FOR UNDERSERVED SCHOOLSJOHOR BAHRU, Feb 14 (Bernama) --Tesco Malaysia’s annual fundraising event Walk for Kids is back again and this time to support nine underserved schools in Johor, as part of the Tesco – PINTAR Foundation School adoption programme.
The charity walkathon will be held at Tesco Mutiara Rini on 13
th April 2019 where families, children, students, teachers and local community walking a 3km and 5km scenic route within the hypermarket compound and the park vicinity of Hutan Bandar Mutiara Rini.
This year, Tesco is targeting to raise more than RM400,000 of funds from participation fees, cash donations and in-kind contribution from Tesco’s business partners and suppliers. All contribution will be channelled fully to support Tesco’s adopted schools SK Taman Puteri Wangsa, SK Taman Universiti 2, SK Taman Molek, SK Tanjung Puteri, SK Taman Rinting 1, SK Taman Pelangi, SK Seri Pandan, SK Kota Masai and SJKT Ladang Kulai Besar. More than 4,000 people are expected to take part in Tesco Malaysia’s Walk for Kids 2019 fun run and walkathon to enjoy a healthy weekend.
“Our ‘Walk for Kids’ events held in Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh received a great response with more than 7,000 participants in the last two years. Together, we’ve been able to raise over RM800,000 to help the schools make improvements to their schools facilities from updating and improving the students’ toilets, school canteens, libraries, school hall and computer labs,” said Azliza Azmel, Corporate Services Director of Tesco Malaysia.
Walk For Kids 2019 is now open for registration with two open categories for all ages: RM50 for 5km Run and RM30 for 3km Fun Walk. Each participants will receive an ULTRON branded t-shirt and a goodie bag. The first 1,000 finishers of the 5km run category will receive a limited edition medal and the top 3, 5km run finishers will receive a cash prize of RM1,000, RM500 and RM250 respectively. There will also be lucky draw prizes worth more than RM10,000 which includes a 60-inch Smart TV, smartphone, DJI Osmo Pocket and many more exciting prizes awaiting to be won.
This year marks the third year of partnership with PINTAR Foundation, where Tesco Malaysia has contributed over RM 3 million for student welfare, health and nutrition awareness and greener living initiatives. Through year 2018, in partnership with MARDI, 16 of Tesco’s adopted schools across Peninsular Malaysia had just completed their very own
Program Kebun Dapur (Edible Garden Programme).
To join Tesco’s Walk for Kids 2019, just drop by any of the nine Tesco stores in Johor - Tesco Desa Tebrau, Tesco Extra Mutiara Rini, Tesco Extra Plentong, Tesco KSL City, Tesco Kulai, Tesco Seri Alam, Tesco Bukit Indah, Tesco Parit Raja and Tesco Eco Tropics for registration before 28 February 2019.
Registration is now open at
www.racexasia.com.
This year, MR DIY joins Tesco Walk for Kids as a Platinum Sponsor. Commenting on the sponsorship, was Andy Chin, MR. DIY Head of Marketing said, “MR. DIY have been collaborating closely with Tesco in various CSR and promotional activities since 2015, and among our favourite collaborative effort is the “Walk for Kids” program. It is a meaningful and well targeted initiative which aims to aid underserved schools in need through monetary and products support.”
“This year, MR. DIY is sponsoring RM15,000 in cash and vouchers which will be divided equally amongst the nine selected schools. We believe that each school will allocate these funds in providing the children a better learning environment, study materials and resources, especially to those students in need,” Chin added.
For more information, visit the Tesco website at
www.tesco.com.my.
Come join us as a sponsorMaking this Walk for Kids 2019 more exciting, Tesco would like to invite everyone especially your esteemed company to join as a sponsor in any kind of sponsorship whether in cash sponsorship, promotional booth rental, in-kind sponsorship and employee participation sponsorship. These sponsorship will benefit Tesco’s Adopted School in Johor where it will be channelled to nine schools.
About Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is a joint-venture company between Tesco PLC and Sime Darby Berhad. Tesco PLC is one of the world’s largest international retailers with operations in 11 countries, employing over 440,000 people and serving millions of customers every week. Across its operations worldwide, Tesco believes in serving its shoppers a little better every day.
Tesco Malaysia, established in May 2002 with its first hypermarket in Puchong, Selangor, today continues to deliver excellence in areas that matters most to Malaysian customers from service, diverse product range and quality to great prices and store environment. Tesco employs over 8,000 Malaysians and operates 58 stores throughout Peninsula Malaysia. In 2013, Tesco paved the way in online grocery shopping with the launch of its online Grocery Home Shopping service, offering even greater convenience to customers in the Klang Valley, Penang and Johor Bahru.
SOURCE: Tesco MalaysiaFOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Name: Jida MohamedHead of Communications & CSR,
Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Tel: 012.231.8602
Email: rohazida.mohamed@my.tesco.com
Vivian Chook
Communications Executive,
Tesco Stores (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Tel: 012.3999.218
Email: vivian.chook@tesco.com --BERNAMA 
