SITE is thrilled to announce its SITE Run the World program as an international competition of SITE chapters and members to promote fitness and health for SITE members and to raise money for UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund. The aim is that over the year between the 2007 and 2008 SITE International Conference members will cumulatively cover the distance between Monterey, California and Montreux, Switzerland - a distance of 5887 Miles (9473km) by earning points that will convert into distance for physical and well-being activities they complete.

Highlights and rankings will be tracked through December 2008 and highlights and winners will be announced at the SITE International Conference 2008 in Montreux, Switzerland.

How it works:
All SITE chapters and members have been assigned to a team. Every SITE member is asked to note how many hours of physical / mental exercise they do each month and submit it to their chapter president or, when not available, their team captain.  Team captains and chapter presidents will compile the totals from each chapter and individual in their team and submit the miles to SITE Headquarters. For every hour of exercise a member completes, their team earns .25mile (quarter of a mile). These are added up over the year to cover the 5887 mile distance between Monterey, California where SITE IC 2007 and Montreux, Switzerland where SITE IC 2008 will take place in December 2008.

At SITE IC 2008 we will award prizes for the winning team in terms of distance covered and money raised.

How Chapters can get involved:
The obvious hope is that individuals will begin to increase the amount of physical exercise that they do but chapters have the opportunity to lend the most support and reach the greatest numbers of people, especially in terms of raising money.

Chapters are encouraged to include an activity for the project in one of your social events in 2008; here are a few ideas all of which could be sponsored for UNICEF:

What Next?
Plan to include an activity in 2008 for the project! Be as creative as possible, we already have heard of a number of ideas including fancy dress three legged races and group hikes but remember that the exercises can be based around mental wellness as well as physical.

Dates for Submitting Chapter and Individual Totals:
Chapter and Individual monthly totals will be submitted to Team Captains (insert link) by the dates listed below for the next 11 months. The deadlines for the information are as follows as the details will be collected and forwarded to SITE Headquarters by the last Friday of every month.