BOLATHON Charity Fun Run & Masquerade Walk - Our Story

What is BOLATHON?

BOLATHON is a fundraising event inspired by the 4-year-once Global Football Event, and it is solely organized by Persatuan Kebajikan HOPE worldwide Kuala Lumpur.

This SPORTS-THEMED event assembles all Nations & Races for a good cause! The participants will dress up themselves with the Football theme (or anything with their creativity) and go for a 3KM walkathon.

This is the essence of the entire event, hence we named it

BOLATHON Charity Masquerade Walk

Its Objective is to raise funds for HOPE worldwide Malaysia’s Community Programs for the underprivileged which focus on Health, Food & Education.

The History of BOLATHON

The first debut of BOLATHON was in year 2006!

The 1^st Bolathon in 2006 was officiated by YB Mr. Ng Lip Yong, who was the Deputy Minister of National Trade & Industry. Our list of corporate sponsors were Adidas, Cadbury, Dominos Pizza, Fitness First, Gardenia, Hotel Equatorial, King’s Confectionery, Lion Group, Nestle Malaysia, Friday’s, Dentyne and Wood’s

 This event brings friends and family together for a recreational moment, it also promotes team work spirit.

Photos of a few individuals & families with favorable masquerades of the event

The winners of Bolathon Charity Masquerade Walk 2006!

The 2^nd BOLATHON on 2010 was another great excitement!

 It was held in TTDI Taman Rimba and we had bigger crowd and worked with more corporate sponsors.

We also had the corporate sponsors to form their football teams and play against with each other. HOPE worldwide volunteers also form a football team ourselves!

The 3^rd BOLATHON on 2014 was even greater with a total of 2,400 participants!

 It was held in Padang Merbok and we had bigger crowd this time as we added another category - 10KM Fun Run.

The greatest attraction of the event was the Medal that sponsored by Adidas!

With all your support, we are all set for BOLATHON 2018! Things are getting really excited and please stay tuned for more updates! Let's take a quick glimpse with what we have this year at the below video:

Wait no more, log on now to www.hopeww.org.my for more details and registrations!

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BOLATHON Presents An Array of Color & Joy

01 June 2014, BOLATHON Charity Fun Run & Masquerade Walk at Padang Merbok

The addition of HOPE worldwide Malaysia’s maiden 10 kilometres Fun Run to its Bolathon – Charity 3km Masquerade Walk 10km Fun Run on its third anniversary held in conjunction with FIFA World Cup once every four years, had over 2800 football aficionados and

enthusiasts gathering before sunrise on a Sunday morning.

There were best-dressed prizes up for grabs for individual and group category whereby, participants were encouraged to have their photo taken at the Photo Booth tent to take part in the contest. Grazing their presence at this year’s Bolathon was a family of Superheroes with the toddler attending to mischief as Superman. Also present were Captain America, Spiderman, Minions and other well-known characters. “My kudos goes out all those who participated and supported the fundraising event. It is tremendous to have so many enthusiasts who rise up and unite for an initiative to better serve the underprivileged

communities in Malaysia. 

It was a sensationally calm morning with minimal noise pollution to also enjoy the perks of DBKL’s Car Free Morning. The proceeds from Bolathon will be channelled towards HOPE’s flagship programmes centred on Health, Education and Nutrition such as Free Health Clinics, Reading and Food Distribution”, said Darick Wong, Country Director of HOPE worldwide Malaysia. Following the Run, there was a Friendly Futsal match held where corporate sponsors registered teams to compete against each other. Hyundai took first place followed by DoubleTree by Hilton as the first-runner up. Participating for the first time, Nor Athirah from Kota Kemuning said, “I feel extremely excited to join other participants for a great cause. It is a good initiative for the public as it improves our well-being and also an opportunity to bond with family and participate in Bolathon together”.

HOPE worldwide Malaysia will look forward to host the Fourth Bolathon in 2018 and continuously identify opportunities to enrich as a unique family-friendly event and the 10km Fun Run is here to stay.

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into these links below:

BOLATHON 2014 (Part One)

BOLATHON 2014 (Part Two)

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Hyundai Malaysia Makes a Difference in BOLATHON 2014

14 May 2014, Hyundai Malaysia - BOLATHON Cheque Handover Ceremony 

Hyundai Malaysia will be sending their staff as volunteers to participate in the BOLATHON Charity Fun Run & Masquerade Walk, together with the beneficial children & youths from Sentul! Not only that, Hyundai also form a Football Team as participating in the event's highlight - the Corporate Friendly Football Match! With this, Hyundai will bring over 6 Brazuca Football for the friendly match footballers to play together!

HOPE worldwide and 6 boys from the Football for HOPE Program were invited to the Cheque Handover Ceremony at Hyundai Malaysia Corporate Office two days ago. Special Thanks to Ms. Chin Chin, Managing Director Mr. Lau and Director of Human Resources, Puan Norlela who had made this occasion a memorable one.

Thanks to Hyundai Malaysia as one of the Corporate Sponsors for #BOLATHON2014, donated RM 26,700.00 to our event - BOLATHON Charity Fun Run and Masquerade Walk, which will be held on the 01 June 2014!

This an event which you couldn't be missed! Register now onwww.hopeww.org.my!

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into: Hyundai Malaysia BOLATHON Cheque Handover Ceremony

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BOLATHON 2014 Press Conference at DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur

06 May 2014, BOLATHON 2014 Press Conference AT DoubleTree by Hilton, Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, 6 May 2014 – HOPE worldwide Malaysia announced its third Bolathon Event to be held on 1 June 2014 recently. Dubbed as the one-and-only ‘Charity Masquerade Walk’ in Malaysia, the fundraising event is organised once every four years to coincide with FIFA World Cup. Running on the success, the 2014 event will include an additional 10 kilometre run and expects to draw more than 3000 football aficionados and enthusiasts.

Owing to its football theme and popularity as a unique family-friendly 3km masquerade walk, Bolathon has had encouraging participation from Malaysians of all ages. Previous Bolathon held in 2010 saw an array of colourful, creative and outrageous home-made costumes.

Beaming with excitement in launching the event, Darick Wong, Country Director of HOPE worldwide Malaysia said “the proceeds of the Charity Masquerade Walk will be directed towards the implementation of Health, Nutrition and Education programs such as Free Health Clinics, Reading and Food distribution for underprivileged communities. We are immensely grateful to our sponsors like Adidas, Golden Screen Cinemas, Hyundai, Starbucks, Gatorade and others who have been instrumental in developing our capacity to facilitate programs for the benefit of underprivileged communities.”

Adidas also sponsored the Official FIFA World Cup 2014 match ball, Brazuca to be used for the friendly Futsal Matches following the Run. Max An, Adidas Country Manager said “77.8% of over one million Brazilian football fans voted in favour of ‘Brazuca’ as the name for the official match ball. Brazuca used widely by Brazilians, describes national pride in the Brazilian way of life and signifies emotion, pride and goodwill to all”.

Registrations for Bolathon will close on 19 May 2014. Sign up now. For details, please log on to www.hopeww.org.my and for corporate sponsorship, kindly email Katy Lee at katylee@hopeww.org.my or alternatively call 03-4050 2541

For more event photos, check them out on our Facebook page by clicking into: BOLATHON 2014 Press Conference

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Bolathon Charity Masquerade Walk 2014

Hi Friends of HOPE!

We are so excited to announce to you that we are in the midst of preparing for our significantly awesome fundraising event - BOLATHON 2014~!

BOLATHON is a fundraising event inspired by the 4-year-once significant occasion – FIFA World Cup.

This SPORTS-THEMED event assembles All Nations & Races for a good cause! The participants will dress up themselves with the Football theme (anything with their creativity) and go for a 3KM walkathon. 

This is the essence of the entire event, hence we named it:

Its Objective is to raise funds for HOPE worldwide Malaysia's Community Programs for the underprivileged which focus on Health Food & Education.

From now onwards, we will be start posting updates about this event. Please stay tuned with us always by clicking into our HOPE worldwide Facebook Page or HOPE worldwide Twitter and our website www.hopeww.org.my

Make sure you LIKE & Follow our social media pages before you can catch up our latest updates. Meantime, should you have any sponsorship ideas which would like to propose to us, please feel free to send in your queries or proposal to enquiry@hopeww.org.my or call us at 03-4050 2541, we will be very excited to hear from you!

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