Marathon – Run to Ignite a Life

The RCC Magnum Foundation in its quest to serve the humanity has come up with a noble project of Skill Development under Pradhan MantriYojna of “Skill India,” for the under privileged youth & women in and around Kancheepuram. In collaboration with Hand in Hand India, have launched a wellness training centre for women & a Mobile Repairing Centre for Youth in Kancheepuram. We have a target to train 500 people for the first year and then subsequently grow thereafter.

We are inspired by a Chinese proverb “If u fish for someone you feed him for a day. Instead teach him fishing and you feed him for the rest of his life”. We are going the extra mile to ensure that we support their journey of entrepreneurship with financial assistance too.

To aid our efforts, Project Director Mitesh Bhandari and President NarendarSanghvi came up with MAGNATHON 2018 - a half marathon event - at Olcott School, Besant Nagar on 9th of Dec 2018. They were well supported by Mr. Kumaraguru from Big Laundry and Mr. NileshLodha of Jain Bazaar. Around 2000 individuals from different parts of the city participated in this event. There were 4 categories - 5, 10 & 21 KM and a special category of 1.5 KM in which kids of age 6-12 run alongside their parents and 20 Individuals will be running 20 KM.

A special mention here is ADGP Railways Mr. SylendraBaburan along with 20 cops from his team to boost up the event, Mr. MA.Subramanian MLA completed 21km running in the marathon and ADGP South – Law & Order Mr. Mahesh Agarwal Flagged off the 10 Km Run. 500+ students from Ethiraj College, who participated in this marathon. Flag off was done by a respectable socialite Thiru. V.M. Muralidharan – Chairman of Ethiraj College.

Elaborate arrangements were made in all aspects including route marshals, hydration points and a sumptuous breakfast to ensure it’s a one of a kind event.

All those who are willing to support this initiative of our Pradhan Mantri of "Skill India" can visit Magnathon.com to give your support in cash & kind can contact: rccmagnum@gmail.com.