# 75,000 children to take part in sport charity's fundraising day

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/09/26/75000-children-take-part-sport-charity039s-fundraising-day/
- Published: 2006-09-26T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Over 75,000 schoolchildren from 288 schools across the UK have registered to take
part in a series of sponsored runs and sporting events on Friday 29 September.
The
fundraising day is coordinated by children’s sport charity Schoolchildren for Children,
which promotes regular exercise and organised fitness activities in schools. This
is the second year of the campaign and figures are up 35 per cent on last year.

Each child raises at least a pound each to take part. Participating schools keep
half the funds to develop their own physical education programmes. The remainder
is channelled to school projects in developing countries through Schoolchildren 
for Children.

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