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The Walk for Values is a non-monetary annual walkathon to raise awareness for human values. Walk for Values began at the Sathya Sai School in Scarborough, Toronto, Ontario in 2003.〔http://www.walkforvalues.com/history.php〕 It has since grown into an international event.〔http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_06/01JUL08/15-saiworldnews.htm〕 ==Objectives== Walk for Values is a walkathon in which no money is solicited, "instead, people are asked to pledge to try to live up to one or more of the human values in their lives"〔http://www.sathyasai.org/news/2009/walks.html〕 in the hope one "will make the world richer by giving (one's) commitment to practice values, and character-building."〔 "By walking together as kindred spirits, we can achieve two things: we can raise awareness of positive human values such as love, truth, non-violence and peace; and more importantly, we can bring attention to the urgent need to practice them in our community and halt the social and environmental ills that impoverish our lives and our spirit."〔http://www.walkforvalues.co.nz/pages/human-values/why-walk-for-values.php〕 Values advocated by Walk for Values *Love: caring, compassion, forgiveness, enthusiasm, devotion. *Peace: contentment, humility, patience, self-confidence, self-respect. *Truth: honesty, integrity, optimism. *Non-Violence: gentleness, consideration, co-operation, equality, cultural respect. *Right-Conduct: gratitude, perseverance, determination, responsibility, sacrifice, courage, duty and ethics.〔http://www.walkforvalues.com/about_us.php〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walk for Values」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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