Habitat-Barclays launches 2013 barefoot charity walk

It'll happen on 1 June at Gardens by the Bay East.

In a release, Habitat for Humanity and Barclays, event owner and title sponsor respectively of Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole, opened registration for this year’s 2.5/5km barefoot walk which is set to take place on Saturday, 1 June at Gardens by the Bay East, Tanjong Rhu.

This year is the fifth annual Bare Your Sole barefoot walk with Habitat for Humanity and Barclays hoping to build on the huge success of the previous years and attract even more participants, be they individuals, families, groups of friends, clubs, associations, or corporates.

Last year’s event saw 5,000 participants take part, with over S$300,000 raised for Habitat for Humanity Singapore. The organisers hope to see more than 5,000 pairs of
bare feet for Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole 2013.

Participants in this year’s barefoot walk will help raise funds for Habitat for Humanity Singapore’s ‘Project Homeworks’.

The project was conceived to improve the living conditions of Singapore’s elderly, sick and physically-challenged citizens living in one-room flats all over the island.

Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole 2013 will help raise funds for these local beneficiaries and increase awareness for the project.

Through ‘Project Homeworks’, volunteers are mobilised to help clean-up these homes and in turn, improve the lives of many Singaporeans.

Barclays has been the title sponsor for the event since 2010, their support helping to double the amount of participants and attract more donations over the past few years.

The partnership is a further extension of its global partnership with Habitat for Humanity, a productive relationship between the two organisations which began in 2008.

Online registration for Habitat-Barclays Bare Your Sole 2013 opens today on www.bareyoursole.org.sg and the website contains all the necessary information for the
event on Saturday, 1 June. The event website also allows participants to pledge a donation online