Daniel Igali Foundation 5k Run for the Kids

2011 Daniel Igali Walk/Run for the Kids Postponed

Posted September 25, 2011

Due to scheduling the Daniel Igali 5 km Walk/Run for the Kids has been postponed.
Date to be announced for the spring of 2012.

To our faithful group of of participants we thank for your understanding and continued support of the Daniel Igali Foundation.

With the funds donated this past year we were able to build a pre school classroom this summer. We have also raised funds to repaint & refurbish the school facilities in December of 2011 after the rainy season has passed in the Niger Delta.

We look forward to seeing everyone come out in the spring for our 3rd Annual Run!

Annual Igali Run draws sun, funds and high energy

Posted October 24, 2010

Oct. 23, 2010

Annual Igali Run draws sun, funds and high energy

Sunny autumn skies – and a $10,000 donation – gave participants at the 2nd annual Daniel Igali Foundation Run for the Kids on Oct. 23 lots to celebrate.

The donation is from Richmond Secondary School’s Global Perspectives program via teacher Kevin Matheny, son of the late Maureen Matheny, whom Igali named his school in Eniwari, Nigeria after. Kevin and daughter Ella delivered the letter on behalf of the Richmond school program and took part in the run with several of the school’s students.

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2nd annual Igali Run 4 the kids on Oct. 23

Posted October 23, 2010

2nd annual Igali Run 4 the kids on Oct. 23

Posted September 20, 2010

Sept. 20, 2010

Contact: Marianne Meadahl, 778.782.3210

Website: www.igali.com

2nd annual Igali Run 4 the Kids set for Oct. 23

Olympian Daniel Igali is inviting runners and walkers of a ages to lace up once again for the 2nd annual Igali Foundation Run for the Kids, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 23 at Surrey's Bear Creek Park. From 9:30 – 11:30 a.m.

The five km walk/run will pick up where last year's inaugural run left off, raising funds and awareness of Maureen Matheny Academy, a school that Igali built in his home village of Eniwari, Nigeria.

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Igali runs for the kids

Posted January 28, 2010

Source URL:

http://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/news/story_10070904.shtml

Olympic champion Daniel Igali is hoping the campus community will join him on Saturday, Oct. 17 in an event to raise funds and awareness for his school project in Nigeria (see www.igali.com to sign up). The SFU criminology graduate student, together with Right to Play, will host the first annual Igali Run for the Kids at Surrey’s Bear Creek Park, located at King George Highway and 88th Avenue, from 8:30–noon. A 5k walk/run kicks off at 10 am. Igali opened Maureen Matheny Academy in his home village of Eniwari in 2006 after raising nearly $600,000 and overseeing its construction.

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Igali Foundation Walk/Run 4 Children

Posted January 28, 2010

Source URL:

http://canadianimmigrant.ca/learn/newsitems/article/5481

Canadian gold medalists Daniel Igali, Simon Whitfield and Carol Huyhn will join forces on October 17, 2009 to kick off the first annual Igali Foundation Walk/Run 4 Children event, which organizers hope will raise awareness for the new academy Igali’s foundation built last year in Nigeria.

Igali, a Simon Fraser University graduate student and featured athlete in the online Canadian Olympic school campaign, hopes the walk will inspire others to help provide the basic necessities the Maureen Matheny Academy desperately needs.

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SurreyLeader.com - Igali holds inaugural Walk/Run for the Kids

Posted January 28, 2010

Source URL:

http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/community/63898332.html

Canadian Olympic champion Daniel Igali is inviting young and old to join him and a pair of fellow Olympians for the Igali Foundation’s first-annual Walk/Run for the Kids in Bear Creek Park.

Igali, a Simon Fraser University criminology graduate student and Surrey resident, and Simon Whitfield, a gold-medal triathlete, are ambassadors for Right To Play, an international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play programs to improve the health of kids. The foundation has partnered with the City of Surrey and Right to Play to kick off the inaugural event.

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