Participants wanted: One Family, One Walk with Jet Li
"One Family, One Walk" (壹家人 壹起走——纪念5•12 同行汶川路) is a charity event centering around a 5.12-kilometer walk made by 100 celebrities, earthquake victims, and rescue workers and their families.
The event's most prominent attendees will be martial-arts master and actor Jet Li (李連杰) as well as Chinese-American actor Daniel Wu (吳彥祖) who will reportedly make the symbolic march each wearing only one shoe. The unworn shoe from each pair will be auctioned on Taobao, with proceeds going toward earthquake-relief efforts.
For the event, Jet Li's One Foundation has set up a website, and his weight in the international film industry is projected to attract more celebrities' attention to the cause.
"One Family, One Walk" is a joint effort of the Red Cross Society of China, the Chinese Communist Youth League Central Committee, the Red Cross Society of China, the Jet Li One Foundation Project, the Sichuan Provincial Promotion Bureau, and the Aba Prefecture People's Government.
More information can be found here.
How to Join
Foreign nationalities who would like to participate in the walk are asked to send an e-mail to chengdoo [AT] gmail [DOT] com with your full name, nationality, and passport number before 1 p.m. on Saturday, May 9.
The bus will depart at 8 a.m. on Sunday, May 10 to Yinxiuwan and return by 6 p.m. for dinner. Transportation and insurance will be provided at no charge to the guests.
Note: Space is limited and will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Full details for the event will be given by e-mail.
Those unable to attend the event in person are invited to make a virtual walk and donate to the project.
Image of Jet Li courtesy One Foundation.
This article was posted by Joe and published May 8, 2009
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