Solidarity and fun (18 Oct)

Fun and fitness for Saartjie Baartman with CHIPs 

Walk Day 18

Today we enjoyed a fun walk with a serious message: To educate, empower, and bring hope to those affected by breast cancer. And to walk in solidary with the Saartjie Baartman Centre and Blocktober against gender-based violence. 

• We groaned against gravity.
• The youngsters with us leapt up and down past mountain rocks.
• We applauded the Cape Town Trail Marathon Runners as they passed us.
• We laughed.

🎥Click here for news of a new Saartjie fitness branch

announced by Ruben Coetzee, CHIPs coordinator. 

Over 80 walkers and one determined cyclist reached the Blockhouse.

CHIPs came along

The Sports Science Institute of South Africa’s Community Health Intervention Programmes (CHIPs) showed up in force, with OptiFit branches from Kuils River, Delft, Elsies River, Matroosfontein, Grassy Park, Silvertown, and Athlone. Together with Blocktober regulars, they took on the steep path from Rhodes Memorial to the Blockhouse.

• What is CHIPs? CHIPs is a community upliftment initiative of SSISA that promotes health through age-appropriate, supervised physical activity and supportive group culture.

🎥Click here for the trail runner cheer 

we gave at the Blockhouse for participants on the Cape Town Trail Marathon Run.

CHIPs club members gathering at Rhodes Memorial before the climb, with the Blockhouse small in the distance. 

Key links:

• Next walking day: 19 October 8am from Vredehoek.
• Click here for information about future walks.
• Read other blogs in the series
• Please donate - Saartjie (SBC) needs about R11 000 per day in October!