The Red Foundation has announced the commencement of its Walk the Talk charity walk for 2023, and it has revealed that not only has interest in the event grown, but more people have benefited from the efforts over the past three years.
For the third year, Cultural Ambassador Dr The Most Honourable Stedson Red Plastic Bag Wiltshire will walk the length and breadth of the island for the next four Sundays starting on October 29, to gather much-needed funds to help those in need.
Members of the charity disclosed during a brief news conference at the Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) last Friday that interest in the charity walk increases year after year, as donations from the event were used to assist a noble cause.
“It is indeed bearing fruit. For the past two walks, we have been able to increase the amount of hampers that we have been giving. When we go out and we present people with these hampers, especially around Christmas time, we can see that [the donations] are impactful in terms of the response that we get from the people.”
He also added: ““People are excited, always excited about walking across Barbados. You are recognising that people are into fitness and I think it’s very important that we have a healthy nation. Walking helps; it also helps your mental health as well [and] I think it’s very important that we consider the fact that when you are walking with people and you’re talking to people you are getting out and about, and it helps with social cohesion.”
T-shirts for the walk will be available for purchase in the CBC parking lot beginning on Wednesday, October 25.
