1. Food and beverage at checkpoints

In order to ensure the event runs smoothly, there will be five start times as per the table below. Team should pay attention to the registration time and venue:

Soup flavours include tomato, potato and corn cream.
* Chinese Soup – serves from 0800 to 2000 on 16 November while stocks last.
** Streamed rice and bunl – served from 1400 on 15 November to 1445 on 16 November while stocks last.
△ Only served while stocks last.
△ The food provided at CPs serves only as a supplement. Teams can arrange own support teams should prepare sufficient food for themselves.
△ All teams must arrive at each CP and ensure their times are recorded in the timing system before their closing time.  Please refer to pages 31-35 of the Information Booklet for the closing time of each CP.

2. Fundraising awards and sponsorship

Please be reminded to collect the donation before 17 December. You are encouraged to make use of your fundraising team page for raising funds. Not only can your family and friends leave encouraging messages for your team there, but they can also make donations there to support your team, which greatly reduces our administrative costs. Your sponsors can print out tax-deductible receipts on their own too, and using this page means you do not need to record donations on sponsorship forms and send them back to Oxfam Hong Kong.
 
If your team is using the sponsorship form for collecting donations, please send us the sponsorship form (sponsors’ names, needed for tax deduction claims in Hong Kong, must be written correctly together with the original copies of the deposit slips, the printed copy of the online transfer acknowledgement note and all cheques by post or in person to Oxfam Hong Kong on or before 17 December 2024. Please write ‘Oxfam Trailwalker 2024’, your team number and each team member’s full name in English on the back. Writing the wrong team number will result in crediting your sponsorship to another team!
 
You MUST photocopy or scan all of your sponsorship records. Please do not destroy the copies until you have received all the receipts. Receipts will be sent to the team member whose name is on the sponsorship form or corporate coordinator. If your mailing address has changed, please contact Oxfam Hong Kong. To reduce administrative costs, the tax deduction receipts (For Hong Kong taxpayers only) will only be issued for donations of HK$100 or above.
 
Teams that raise HK$38,000 or above will have priority in registering for OTW2025 as Special Teams. Teams or organisations that raise over HK$72,000 will be acknowledged in the OTW 2024 Thank You Advertisement, which will be published in newspapers. Teams that raise over HK$100,000 will each receive an ‘Oxfam Trailwalker Outstanding Fundraiser Award’.
The following awards will also be presented to the top fundraising teams:

• Category Fundraising Awards – Awarded to any team or organisation that raises the most funds (over HK$200,000) in each category.
• Outstanding Fundraiser Awards – Awarded to teams that raise HK$100,000 or more.
• Outstanding Online Fundraiser Award – Awarded to the team which has raised the highest amount online.

Special prizes – Asia Miles or Two consecutive nights stay at Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel

Any team which has raised HK$38,000 or above by 17 December 2024 is eligible to enter the lucky draw to win either of the above prizes. The awarded prize will be evenly shared by the four registered members of each winning team. The right to enter the lucky draw will be forfeited if the team cannot submit all proof of donations to Oxfam Hong Kong on or before 17 December 2024 (according to the postmark). Teams that submit the sponsorship they have raised and / or proof of their donations late (i.e. after 17 December 2024) will not be considered for the lucky draw.
 
Recipients of these awards will be invited to attend the OTW2024 Prize Presentation Ceremony, which will be held on 20 February 2025 (tentatively). On the day of the ceremony, a Thank You Advertisement will be placed in Chinese and English newspapers to acknowledge OTW2024 supporters. The names of all fundraising award winners and the teams / organisations that have raised HK$72,000 or above will also be published.

3. Be kind to the environment and the facilities of checkpoints

Paper cups or disposable containers will not be provided at start point, finish point and all checkpoints. Participants are required to bring their own bottles / cups / containers and cutlery to enjoy the drinks and food provided at checkpoints (including the cup noodles provided at CP7).
 
Recycling station will be set up at some CPs to collect empty plastic bottles and aluminium cans. Please empty your containers before recycling them and do not put other waste into these recycling bins. Supporting teams are also advised to take away the rubbish generated during the support period.
 
Please note that it is strictly prohibited for anyone to spray aerated drinks at the finish point (Harrow International School Hong Kong). Cooking is strictly prohibited and no pets will be allowed to maintain the tidiness of the venue.