The Volunteer Services Organization (VSO), in association with Sports Council, Manipal University organized “Kidathon”, a ‘walk-a-thon’ event held for children between the ages of two and ten at Marena sports stadium in Manipal on September 24. This event kickstarted the 2017 edition of Daan Utsav, a yearly festival celebrated from October 2nd-8th to promote the ‘joy of giving’.
Despite being an unusually hot Sunday morning, the event gathered large crowds of enthusiastic and excited children, who found the event a nice recreational break.
A session of dance and exercise entertained the children as they moved to popular songs such as “Gangnam Style”.
The members of the VSO also announced that this year they target to organize 100 events to celebrate Daan Utsav, building upon the previous year’s 56.