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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.

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.