Three “green” initiatives will be running from the sidelines of the 2018 Athens Marathon, it was announced Monday, according to ANA.
In addition to plastic bottle recycling and the shoe and clothing donation program “let them run again” already established from previous Marathons, this year will witness the launch of an initiative called “the runner’s forest”.
In order to honour the victims of this summer’s destructive fires in Attica, the Hellenic Athletic Federation (SEGAS) plans to proceed to an afforestation of the affected areas, noted coordinator Giorgios Kazantzopoulos speaking to Athens News Agency. To raise the funds required, SEGAS appeals to Athens Marathon’s sponsors (among them the Athens News Agency), the business community and also individual citizens who are invited to donate any sum they wish through the following crowd funding platform: https://www.act4greece.gr/actions/Action_dasosdromeon
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