Mahathir @ Ajit Singh Jessy
Email: ajit@jessy.com.my
Frog @ Freddy Jeremiah
Email: fjfrog@gmail.com
Union Jack @ Kenneth Perkins
Email: ph4_newsletter@yahoo.com
Mobile: +6016 416 1782
PENANG RED DRESS HERITAGE RUN
It's All For Charity
Hashers although arguably an eccentric bunch, are a charitable group. All the money goes to local charities and you can see exactly where the money goes to.
The Red Dress Run is set for Friday - 9th March 2012, 3.00 pm at Fort Cornwallis.
Fee and Registration
The registration fee is RM50.00 only. It’s not good to wait until the day of the run because this is a popular event and registration is limited.
Remember it’s for CHARITY.
Program:
2.00 pm Registration
3.00 pm Run starts
4.40 pm Circle
5.00 pm Buses leave for dinner venue.
Crossed
Cheque
/
Bank
Draft/GIRO/TT
Made
Payable
to:
Pertubuhan Hash House Harriers and Harriets Pulau Pinang
Hong Leong Bank - A/C NO: 05400018673
Please
Fax
this
Form
&
Bank
confirmation
to
: 04-2637616,
or
post/email
to
address
below.
Address: Jessy
&
Associates,
306,
3rd
Floor,
Bangunan
Tabung
Haji,
Green
Hall.
10200.
Penang,
Malaysia.
Email
Address:
ph4_newsletter@yahoo.com
RED DRESS RUN HOW IT ALL STARTED
The Red Dress Run may be the only completely original idea the Hash House Harriers ever had. And it happened nearly by accident. In 1987, a young lady wearing a red dress emerged from an airplane that had landed in southern California to visit a friend from her high school years. Shortly thereafter, she found herself transported to Long Beach, where her friend intended to introduce her to a zany running group called the “Hash House Harriers.” One member, noting her gender and attire, urged that she “just wait in the truck” until her host returned. With that goading, she ran into history sporting her red dress and heels.
A year later, to commemorate the event, the San Diego Hash House Harriers sent “The Lady In Red” an airline ticket to attend the first annual Red Dress Run. Hundreds of male and female hashers adorned themselves in red dresses for a spectacle widely covered by California newspapers and TV news. In addressing the crowd, The Lady In Red suggested that Hash House Harriers hold the Red Dress Run annually as an occasion be used to raise funds for local charities.
The tradition of the Hash House Harriers Red Dress Run quickly spread to every corner of the globe, including Beijing, Montreal, Ho Chi Minh City, Helsinki, Moscow, Tokyo, Washington, DC, Hobart (Australia) and countless other locations. Over the years, the Red Dress Run has been very successful in raising millions of dollars for a wide variety of local charities. The New Orleans Hash House Harriers attracted 7,000 participants to their Red Dress Run in 2010, raising more than $200,000 for 50 local charities.
Today the Red Dress Run is an integral part of the Hash House Harriers’ heritage and is as iconic as the Royal Selangor Club where the Hash House Harriers was born and as sacred to them as founder A.S. Gispert’s drinking vessel. It’s a tradition born before few organizations turned to running events as a way to raise money and long before anyone ran in a dress of any color.