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SNF RUN: FIRST RUN returns for another year!

Dec 09, 2024

Your running shoes want to stay out late this New Year's Eve too because SNF FIRST RUN is back

Who wears running shoes out for New Year's Eve? You do! Whether you’re a runner par excellence or need to brush an inch of dust off your sneakers, do something different to celebrate this year and have an experience you won’t soon forget.

The beloved SNF RUN: 2025 FIRST RUN from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), implemented in collaboration with the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress, is returning! Just a few minutes after the turn of the year and an impressive fireworks show, join the 3K race around the festively illuminated Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). Just beyond the finish line, a big party awaits you in the SNFCC Agora. 

The SNF RUN: 2025 FIRST RUN is open to all and is noncompetitive in nature. However, official times will be kept so that you can track your performance in achieving your first goal of the year—and why not aim to beat it next year?

Organizational supervision of the race is provided by the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress and the Department of Sports Excellence - Sports Excellence at the 1st Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic of the Medical School of the University of Athens. The race is organized in collaboration with the SNFCC.

Run for a good cause!
As part of the charitable nature of the SNF RUN: 2025 FIRST RUN, runners are invited to contribute a minimum of €5 (or more for those who wish to do so) to benefit the nonprofit Panos & Chressida – Help the Children.

Wednesday, January 1 at 00:04 at the SNFCC
Minimum contribution: €5
Registration closes: 25/12/2024 

A few words about Panos & Cressida – Help the Children
Panos & Chressida - Help to Children is a nonprofit founded in 2006 in memory of Panos Vardakas and Chressida Spahi to help children and young people facing serious health problems, violence, addiction, or abandonment and children living in remote areas by supporting education, skill-building, and social integration. The organization’s work focuses on supporting the construction and outfitting of schools, recreational spaces, and athletic facilities, and on organizing special performances for children and young people. All of the funds raised through the SNF RUN: 2025 FIRST RUN will go toward supporting the organization’s activities.

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* The total collected through runners' contributions will be donated in its entirety to the partner nonprofit; support from SNF covers the full cost of organizing the race.

* Payment must be made by credit or debit card through the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress. The total amount raised will then be donated to the partner nonprofit.

* The SNF RUN: 2025 FIRST RUN is made possible by support from the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF), which covers all costs associated with holding the race. Organizational supervision of the race is provided by the nonprofit Regeneration & Progress and the Department of Sports Excellence - Sports Excellence at the 1st Orthopaedic Surgery Clinic of the Medical School of the University of Athens. The race is organized in collaboration with the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC).

* The Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) is a philanthropic organization that makes grants to nonprofit organizations. SNF does not accept donations from individuals, companies or other types of organizations.