The GTA Sikh community is hosting its first-ever marathon May 19 and in keeping with its theme of kids helping kids, many children will be among the runners.
The event will also feature one of the world’s oldest marathoners, 102-year-old Fauja Singh from the U.K.’s Sikhs in the City running club.
Sponsored by the Guru Gobind Singh Children’s Foundation, the aim of the race is to raise money for children in the developing world and promote “a healthy and active lifestyle,†according to one of the organizers Jeev Singh, 23, a business consultant with Deloitte in Toronto.
The event will also feature one of the world’s oldest marathoners, 102-year-old Fauja Singh from the U.K.’s Sikhs in the City running club.
Sponsored by the Guru Gobind Singh Children’s Foundation, the aim of the race is to raise money for children in the developing world and promote “a healthy and active lifestyle,†according to one of the organizers Jeev Singh, 23, a business consultant with Deloitte in Toronto.