Publicity helps in rickshaw run

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 5, Issue 26, 24 November 1987, Page 16

Publicity helps in rickshaw run

In excess of $60 00 was raised by men and women from the 4th Supply Company, Royal N e w Zealand Army Ordnance Corps last week, after a rickshaw rum from Army T r a i n ing Group, Waiouru to Wellington. The run was to raise over $4,500 for a 'Keynote', a portable speaking computer equipped with a word processor and printer. The machine is an education aid for blind children. A team of 16 runners and

a number of support crew left Waiouru at 6.3 0am Thursday morning. The unit headed south along State Highway One, passing through towns and cities on their way to the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind's head quarters in Wellington. They stayed overnight in Palmerston North and reached Wellington at

5.30pm on Friday alternoon. Runners collected donations from businesses and local people along the way. What made the charity run unique was the lightweight aluminium rickshaw that runners towed behind them in 5km legs. The stylized rickshaw was chosen as a symbol of the Ordnance Corps and was

constructed by the army's School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering. The rickshaw, complete with signwriting, also served to advertise the activity. The officer commanding the unit, Major David Watmuff said he was pleased with the effort and the good public response, which he attributed chiefly to advance publicity. The added money raised will also be used by the Foundation.