{"id":10118,"date":"2018-04-12T01:03:33","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T01:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/?p=10118"},"modified":"2018-04-24T01:05:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-24T01:05:14","slug":"tercera-version-del-desafio-wlines-6k-beneficiara-reforestacion-de-la-cuenta-del-rio-yasica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/tercera-version-del-desafio-wlines-6k-beneficiara-reforestacion-de-la-cuenta-del-rio-yasica\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Annual Wlines 6K Challenge to Benefit Reforestation Efforts of the Y\u00e1sica River Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Puerto Plata, April 12, 2018 \u2013 <\/strong>With this year\u2019s theme \u2013 \u201cBe a Hero: Save the Planet -\u201d<\/em> the Foundation for the Development of the Town of Pedro Garc\u00eda (HIADPG) \u2013 situated in the north coast province of Santiago, the country\u2019s second largest city – jointly with the program \u201cGenerating Clean Water\u201d and Wlines are getting ready to organize the third annual marathon \u201cThe Wlines 6K Challenge,\u201d which will take place next May 6. The goal of the marathon is to raise awareness on climate change and the destruction of local forests.<\/p>\n

The sport event is part of the activities programmed by the \u201cGenerating Clean Water\u201d initiative, sponsored by Puerto Plata\u2019s Chamber of Commerce and Production, the Ministry of Energy and Mines, and the HIADPG Foundation.<\/p>\n

This year, the Wlines 6K Challenge will bring together more than 900 athletes from all over the country who will participate in a 6K run through trails in the \u201cwith or without obstacle\u201d modality, depending on the athlete\u2019s preference.<\/p>\n

In a recent press conference, organizers explained that the route will initiate from the historic Ecological Coffee Park, will pass through the Monument to the Mirabal Sisters \u2013 three sisters killed at the end of the Trujillo regime \u2013 and will end in the Butterfly Trail, situated 15 minutes from Santiago, the country\u2019s second largest city.<\/p>\n

They also explained that the participants will also enjoy a fun program that will include a mud race, Zumba workouts and music by a live DJ.<\/p>\n

The funds generated by the event will go to the program \u201cOne Million Trees for the Y\u00e1sica River.\u201d\u00a0 So far, some 40,000 trees have been planted around important watersheds that provide water to the region\u2019s aqueducts.<\/p>\n

Each participant will receive a small tree to plant during the marathon, or they can make a cash contribution to the foundation to continue its work.<\/p>\n

Organizers also announced that during the event volunteers will provide participants with information on energy-saving techniques and how to care for the environment.<\/p>\n

All\u00a0 interested can register online at\u00a0www.wlines.com.do<\/a>, or in Blue Copy or \u00a0Rehalif. \u00a0Participation cost will be RD$900, which will include an official t-shirt of the even and promotional materials.<\/p>\n

The Wlines 6K 2018 Challenge is cosponsored by Solutech, Vitasalud, Powerade, the national bank Asociaci\u00f3n Cibao de Ahorros y Pr\u00e9stamos<\/em> and Advertech.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Puerto Plata, April 12, 2018 \u2013 With this year\u2019s theme \u2013 \u201cBe a Hero: Save the Planet -\u201d the Foundation for the Development of the Town of Pedro Garc\u00eda (HIADPG) \u2013 situated in the north coast province of Santiago, the country\u2019s second largest city – jointly with the program \u201cGenerating Clean Water\u201d and Wlines are … Continue reading “Third Annual Wlines 6K Challenge to Benefit Reforestation Efforts of the Y\u00e1sica River Basin”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10120,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10118\/revisions\/10120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}