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THE GRATITUDE RUN
2 NOVEMBER 2024
DORNIER WINES, STELLENBOSCH

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Join us on our journey to make a difference. Help children in need. Run, swim, cycle. Every meter counts.

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Gratitude Run | 2024 | Ticket Sales Opening

Swim 4 Hope | 150 Robben Island Crossings | Howard Warrington

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The GRATITUDE Run | 2022

A special message from D4D's founder, Stéphan Pieterse

The D4D Story

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THE500 Overview

THE500 Event

WE STAND FOR

Envisioning a world where every child thrives, powered by communities united through sports, to foster health, education and well-being.

WE FIGHT FOR

A better future for children in need by focussing on family life and education.

WE LIKE

To harness the spirit and resources of the sports community, mobilizing athletes and supporters to fundraise and advocate for the empowerment and upliftment of children in need, fostering a cycle of generosity, health and hope.

We wish

For you to join us to grow the difference we can make in the future.

our stories

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13 December 21

Miracles at airfield for THE500

News article in the Distrikspos newspaper.

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26 July 21

Distance for Difference on Charity Matters Podcast

We we honoured to be interviewed by a USA site, called Charity Matters, earlier in the year. The recording and a write-up has now been made available on their website.
 

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24 November 20

A word from our chairman

Today is Tuesday, 22 September 2020. As I think back over the, approximately, 12 months since I’ve written the 2018/19 chairman’s report, a post I saw the other day comes to mind: “I’m not buying a 2021 planner until I see the trailer first.”

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VOLUNTEERS DO NOT
NECESSARILY HAVE THE TIME;
THEY JUST HAVE THE HEART.

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OUR EVENTS

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Saturday, 2 November 2024
Dornier Wines, Stellenbosch

The Gratitude Run

On Saturday, 2 November 2024, running and walking enthusiasts are invited to join Distance for Difference (D4D) at the picturesque Dornier Wines in Stellenbosch for The Gratitude Run 2024.

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21 & 22 October 2023
Virgin Active, Waterstone Village

THE500

THE500, is a bi-annual Distance For Difference (D4D) event, that was successfully held for the first time in 2013.

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Get To Know Us

Children in need, is our passion in deed!

Shawn Roets

Shawn Roets

Jacques van Niekerk

Jacques Van Niekerk

Emile Kotze

Emile Kotzé

Yolanda Pieterse

Yolanda Pieterse

Willem Coetzee

Willem Coetzee

Stéphan Pieterse

Stéphan Pieterse

Tacia Roux

Tacia Roux

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082 415 5595

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