For the past four years, local KZN runner, Dean Wight has held the coveted title of Comrades’ “Top Charity Fundraiser”. In his capacity as Charity Ambassador for the Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust (HACT), Dean has successfully leveraged his extensive network to raise over R1.6 million for the official Comrades charity which is situated directly along the infamous race route in central Hillcrest and every year supports and uplifts thousands of families impacted by HIV/AIDS in the Valley of 1000 Hills.
For the past four years, Dean has continued to surpass all expectations with his personal fundraising efforts on behalf of HACT raising R327 000 in 2018, R352 060 in 2019, R402 260 in 2020 and a whopping R538 853 in this past year’s Comrades Centenary Hope Challenge.
A passionate runner, who has completed 28 Comrades Marathons and over 200 marathons, Dean is the founder of the online running community, Beloved Long Runs (BLR) KZN and it is through the generous support of this network of runners, as well as his close friends and family, that Dean has been able to raise such an impressive amount of funding for HACT’s work over the past four years.
Links:
www.comrades.com
www.belovedlongruns.co.za
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Beloved Long Runs Facebook page
Beloved Long Runs Instagram