By Max Davies
A Romsey 20-year-old will soon embark on a charity run to raise money for children’s cancer after being inspired by the efforts of others.
Joseph Calovic, an ex-Assumption student running his first-ever charity run, is aiming to raise $2000 for the MyRoom Children’s Cancer Charity by running from his house in Romsey to the Broadford Hotel – a journey of about 44 kilometres.
The run is planned for October 29 and he has raised nearly $1800 so far.
Mr Calovic said the idea for the run came from the urge to try and help those less fortunate than himself.
“It was sort of me looking at myself and thinking I wasn’t overly happy with how I was doing with my life in general, and I saw a post from an AFL player with the [MyRoom charity] and I read about these children having a rough time,” he said.
“I thought, ‘what am I complaining about?’ I’ve got this perfect life, and I had a great childhood and all that.
“For these kids, it’s getting taken away from them and that’s just not fair. I thought I might as well try and do something to help.”
Mr Calovic has been training since July but has run shorter distances many times in the past as he played junior football before the pandemic.
He said he expected the training to be ‘harder than the day of the run’ but was excited to take part and get the community involved.
“I’m hoping to have some people meet me there on the day and try to get as many people involved as we can to raise more money,” Mr Calovic said.
“It’s pretty full on, but I’m alive and getting through it. I’ll get it done on the day no matter what, if I have to walk or crawl it, I’ll do it.”
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