Oak Tree Run 2016 Video and Pics

On October 15th we held our annual Oak Tree Run in Seoul, Korea. 550 people registered for our run and we had 35 countries represented among the participants. 100% of the registration fees went to scholarships for Korean orphans through Oak Tree Project (www.oaktreeproject.com). Among the runners were kids from the orphanages, our Oak Tree students and mentors, families with babies in strollers, runners with pets, and a husband pushing his wife in a wheelchair. After the run Kate Kim and Sonya Maria (along with Zach Holmes) performed on stage. It was a great time! Thank you to everyone who participated and also to those who sponsored runners (which is still accepting donations). Through the event we were able to raise enough funds for about three scholarships for the kids. Wonderful!

Our friend Tom Lim put together a short video of the run to be used as a promo in the future. Thank you, Tom!

Here are some pictures from the event. Registration opened at 8:30am (the run started at 9:30) and our volunteers did a great job checking everyone in, giving out their numbers, giving them their free t-shirt, and storing their bags.

Here are some of the runners stretching and getting ready

A community group from my church posing before the run

Pets also participated

Runners awaiting the start of the 5K

Here is our full time volunteer Tae running with some of the girls from the children’s home she serves at

One of our runners got her English students to sign up for the race and they ran together with balloons

A couple of our scholarship students finishing their run

Finished!

One of the many families that ran/walked together… the youngest was completely knocked out afterward =)

Sky with her dad just after he finished the half-marathon

A couple of our half marathon runners, foreign exchange students from France. All runners received a medal, a certificate with their time (for 10K and half marathon runners), and some snacks after their race.

Students from different international schools participated with their teachers. This is GCFS…

And here are some of the students and staff from another school, APIS

After the run Kate Kim, Sonya Maria, and Zach Holmes gave some great performances

Here is some of the crowd enjoying the concert

With the performers. Thank you Sonya and Kate!

We plan to continue to hold this event each year, likely in mid-October. We should have information about the next run up on our website (www.oaktreeproject.com) by mid-August with registration being opened in early September each year.