Exercise is not only beneficial to the body and mind, but also can contribute to the community. The Wan Chai District Council Cultural & Leisure Services Committee and Wellman Sports Association co-organize the “Wan Chai District People Burn Calories Challenges” which will be held in Wan Chai from October to December. The seminars, the training and other sport activities for the community will be held within the period.
In addition, the event is the first time combined with the Apps program "MoooFit", so that participants consumed the calories by exercise and the total numbers of calories consumed will directly turn into charitable donations, benefiting the selected charity. As long as the calories burned to a certain number, you can exchange lunch boxes or donations, to help those in need.
“Wan Chai District People Burn Calories Challenges” kicks off with the participation of 300 in the "5-Player Basketball Marathon" preliminaries on the 8th of this month. Besides, professional instructor will hold free running, Slim and health talks regularly.
The goal is to raise 10 million calories this time, the public need to download the Apps "MoooFit" to record the total calories consumed. The event site regularly updates the top 100 calorie-consuming leaderboards, only the top ten will win the prizes.
To help the minority and the needy in the community
Tsai Kai-hsin, chairman of the Wellman Sports Association, pointed out that the calories burned directly turn into the charitable donations, is a very innovative and feasible concept. "Combating calories with exercise can help the the minority and the needy and earn rewards to make consume calories more meaningful," said Chef Che-jian, founder of MooFit.
Source: Metro Hong Kong