Shen Wai International School (SWIS) was once again filled with a buzz of action, high-five’s and passionate kids on Saturday March 15, as Captivating and GPA GLOBAL in conjunction with the Shenzhen Charity Federation, ran the 12th Annual Kidz with Heart Mini Olympics!

163 kids (5 to 11-year-olds), from 43 different schools, and representing 23 countries, competed in multiple Olympic-style events including basketball shoot, golf, short and long-distance running races, three-legged race, bean bag toss, ping-pong ball game, archery, long jump, and a limbo event. Parents, volunteers, and multiple local businesses supported the event and a great day of fun and excitement was had by all.

Congratulations to all participants who each received a Mini Olympics medal and special congratulations to the award winners, who proudly received their gold, silver, and bronze medals while displaying their country flags on the winner’s podium at the end of the event.

The event raised RMB 100K for the Shenzhen Charity Federation CAPTIVATING Fund, supporting underprivileged girls, women and their children in rural China. 

OUR GOLD & NAMING SPONSOR:

GPA GLOBAL, who provide packaging solutions to some of the world’s leading brands, have been supporting Captivating since 2016. Your continued support means the world! Thank you!

OUR VOLUNTEERS:

We always need an army of over 100 volunteers to make this event happen. We would literally have been lost without Dan Halsall and his incredible SWIS teachers, acting as Event Managers and 40 student volunteers, kindly collaborating and supported by another 63 SCIE students who were the Group Minders, led by the amazing Angelien Meggersee and Karen Clancy, and not forgetting our fabulous Chinese MCs, Hannah Xia and Michelle Wang, from SCIE!

EVENT AND MEDIA PARTNERS:

To Shen Wai International School (SWIS) who have once again graciously provided to us the free use of their beautiful grounds and provided operational support to ensure the event was safe and enjoyable for children.
Our thanks to all of our returning event partners: The amazing PacificPine Sports for returning to run amazing basketball with their Five-Star Basketball Academy, and Derek Graham and Gao Xing Hui Golf Academy for running the golf events.
A huge thank you to Vista-SK Medical Center for being on hand to attend to any medical needs to our food providers on the day, who gave their time freely and generously donated 50% of their revenue to Captivating.  Amazing!
Thank you Alexander’s, The Happy Monk and Summer Academy!

OUR MEDIA PARTNERS:

And finally, thank you to Global Friendship, Here!, Now Shenzhen, That’s PRD, and urbanfamily for spreading the word!

Thank you to each and everyone one of you for your support!