The 500 Smile Run - Rizal Park, Davao City, PH (2011)

Davao City, Philippines

Operation Smile, a non profit oraganization organized  The 500 Smile Run in Rizal Park, Davao City on November 27, 2011 at 4 AM. It aims the runners in Davao to raise funds for their project in the country.

The 500 Smile Run Singlet

Registration Fee:

• ₱350.00  - for 3K, 5K, and 10K
• ₱650.00  - for 16K

Assembly time: 4:30 AM, 

Gun start: 5:00 AM

Important Notes:

• D-Tags will be used in all categories.
• Medals will be issued to all finishers (including 500m).
• Runners who do not start within 10 minutes from respective gun start shall be flagged disqualified from the race, may not be allowed to start, and may not be given official race time result.

      Distance        Assembly                 Time Gun Start 

      16K                5:00 AM                   5:30 AM  

      10K                5:00 AM                   5:40 AM 

       5K                 5:00 AM                   5:50 AM 

       5K                 5:00 AM                   5:55 AM  

      500m              5:00 AM                   6:00 AM

Note: I am not sure if this is applicable in Davao.

Just ask to the nearest site for more info.

  

Registration Sites:

• Operation Smile Mindanao Cleft Center - G/F Brokenshire Hospital 
• Bahay Alumni Foundation - Brokenshire Compound.
• UCCP Social Concerns Foundation - UCCP Church (Along Bonifacio corner Legaspi st.)
• Apo View Hotel
• PLDT/Smart office (Ponciano st.)
• Smart    - 3/F SM City Davao 
• Adidas  - 3/F Gaisano Mall 
• Run Club
• Metrolifestyle
• Holiday Spa
• Dr. Angeles Clinic - 2/F FTC Tower 

Organzation's Profile:

Operation Smile is a non-profit medical service organization based in Norfolk, Virginia (USA), founded in 1982. A secular NGO, the children's medical charity provides cleft lip and palate repair surgeries to children worldwide, assists countries in reaching self-sufficiency with these surgeries, and works to reduce the occurrence of cleft lips and palates. To date, Operation Smile has provided reconstructive surgery to over 150,000 children and young adults in more than 60 countries.

In line with the organization's celebration of their 30th Anniversary next year with "Journey Home" as their theme, they organized The 500 Smile Run, their goal is the runners of Manila and Davao to raise funds for their project to provide free reconstructive surgery to 1,500 Filipino children and young adults in ten days through eight simultaneous surgical missions in various parts of the country.

Here are the Eight areas for their simultaneous surgical missions:

Mindanao area:

• Cagayan de Oro City (CDO)
• South Cotabato

Visayas area: 

• Cebu 
• Bacolod City

Luzon area:

• Cavite
• Naga
• Pampanga
• Makati City

Operation Smile Official Website: Operation Smile.org

Check out this link: For Operation Smile Philippines

Check out this link: For Operation Smile: Living Proof  from the field 2011 in Pangasinan, Philippines

Below: Info of The 500 Smile Run in Manila (already finished)

The 500 Smile Run (Manila)
When: November 06, 2011
Where: Quirino Grandstand, Manila

Registration fee:

• ₱300.00  for 500m (kids)
• ₱500.00  for 3K and 5K
• ₱650.00  for 10K
• ₱800.00  for 16K