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'Tour de difference' to help underprivileged

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August 3, 2011

Mangalore, Aug 3: Make a Difference (MAD), a youth volunteer network that works with underprivileged children will undertake 'Tour de difference' where five volunteers will cycle to 12 Indian cities, and cover 4240 kilometers in the months of August and September.

The cycling expedition which will kick off at City Centre on August 7 will visit Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Chennai, Vellore, Bangalore, Mysore, Coimbatore, Thiruvananthapuram and Cochin.

Addressing a press meet on Tuesday, MAD Mangalore chapter President Greeshma Rai said that the main objective of the expedition is to raise Rs 100 for every kilometer the cyclists cover, and thereby meet the costs incurred by the Mangalore chapter of MAD on Cambridge syllabus textbooks for the 300 children under its wings and to also promote and stress the importance of education to the future of our country.

The cyclists will stop for a day to interact with the local community and will also visit centers where MAD works. The community can also participate with a wall-signing ceremony at one of the centers and can also join the team in cycling on shorter legs.

The flag off of Tour de Difference on August 7 will be presided over by Deputy Commissioner Dr N S Channappa Gowda, MLA Yogish Bhat, Mayor Praveen, Police Commissioner Seemanth Kumar Singh and others.

Go MAD

To kick off the cycling tour, MAD is organising a three-day gala called 'Go MAD' in association with City Centre from August 6.

Various interschool/college competitions such as spelling bee, style mantra, mom and me, comic-on, one minute fame, minute to win, rock on (karaoke), dance-a-thon and MAD race (treasure hunt) have been planned.

Students can register for the competitions either in their schools/colleges or in City Centre on August 5.

Go MAD inauguration on August 6 will be presided over by Yenopoya Medical and Dental College Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Head Dr Akther Husain, Department of Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director A Shakuntala and others.

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