“Kāpiti Run for Youth has raised a record amount in 2021 of $24,619.19,” says Richard Calkin, Founder of Web Genius. He
went on to say, “we are very proud of this achievement, and extremely grateful to every sponsor and participant
contributing and participating in the way they did.”
Campaign Manager, Helene Judge says, “we held online sponsorship open until after Easter and then we moved quickly to
reconcile the total amount raised.” Our fundraising model is to split the total funds raised and paying 70% to the
Fundraising Partner chosen by the participant at the time of registration and 30% is retained to plan and promote the
event. “This means, $17,483.43 will be paid out this week which we are delighted with.” Below is a breakdown of the
payments:Challenge for Change Kāpiti$1778.00Kāpiti Basketball Association$488.55Kāpiti College$105.00Kāpiti Youth Support$12364.10No 49 Squadron Air Cadets Kāpiti$812.10Otaki College$437.50Paraparaumu College$539.00The Shed Project Kāpiti$456.35ZEAL Kāpiti$502.83
Steve Jandrell, CEO of Web Genius is well-aware of what goes on behind the scenes with the Campaign Manager driving a
significant amount of mahi involving Web Genius staff and others to make this event happen on an annual basis. "A huge
thank you to everyone who took part in helping to raise funds for such an important cause, and an extra special thanks
all volunteers and organisers, including the big contribution from the Web Genius team to make this year’s event such a
successful one."
“Another excellent outcome from 2021 is we have approved three new Fundraising Partners for 2022, Kāpiti Kindness Trust,
Whirlwind Kāpiti and Work Ready Kāpiti,” says Richard. We look forward to working with all Fundraising Raising Partners
again in 2022 and raising as much money as we can to support their amazing efforts in our community: Challenge for
Change Kāpiti, Kāpiti Basketball Association, Kāpiti College, Kāpiti Kindness Trust, Kāpiti Youth Support, No 49
Squadron Air Cadets Kāpiti, Otaki College, Paraparaumu College, The Shed Project Kāpiti, Whirlwind Kāpiti, Work Ready
Kāpiti, ZEAL Kāpiti.
Kāpiti Run for Youth prides itself on being a sustainable and family friendly event with lots of baby buggies and crowd
friendly dogs on leads participating on the day. We have looked ahead at the Tide Timetable and are excited to announce
the 2022 event will take place on Sunday 27 March 2022. Keep an eye out for the Facebook event, the launch of the campaign later this year and on our website >> https://www.kapitirunforyouth.co.nz/ – we can’t wait to see you all again next year!