Run for a Reason Fun Run

The fun run and 5K to raise money for sun shades was last Saturday. I was in the committee to plan the run and it was the first time we have had a run. There were 5 moms on the committee and we worked hard to get it going.

We met on Friday to finalize what we needed to do on Saturday and make assignments for the run day.

We met at 6:30 am on Saturday to get things ready for a 9 am race time. Two moms went out to mark the course with flour. Two moms went out to get the aid stations set up and to put signs up. I stayed at the school and used caution tape and traffic cones to lock off the parking lot, take care of the final packet pick up, an show the guy from Findlay where to set up the start and finish line blow up thing.

When we finished all that stuff, out volunteer showed up from the middle school and two moms shuttles them to the aid stations. I showed a few of them how we wanted the fruit cut up and then got another volunteer dressed as Charlie Cougar.

The runners began showing up at about 8:45 and we were almost ready to go. At 9 am the 5k run started. This included Bryan, Don and Kathy.

About 5 minutes later we started the principals walk and this included Courtney, Ethan and my dad. 

Then we waited. Courtney came in first in the walk, dragging her reading buddy who she tutors behind her. She was so excited!!

The others started trickling across. Don came next:

Then Bryan:

Then Kathy:

Then Ethan, who had decided at the turn around of the one mile walk that he could do a 5k so he kept going:

They all did a great job. Kevin, Jeanette and their kids were there to cheer them on.

We had to wait until the final runner came across te finish line before we could do the prize drawing. I got to draw the names while another mom gave the envelope with the gift cards to our mc. Then the other three moms gave out the prizes.

Here's the family waiting for the drawing:

We won some books! The kids were happy. All the kids were given a free kids meal coupon to Carls Jr and a free pizza coupon to Papa Johns pizza. The adults were all given a 2-for-1 coupon to Artic Circle. And everyone was given a coupon for a free ice cream.

It was a great day and everyone had a lot of fun. We had almost 200 people run and we made $3,725 in cash between sponsor donations and entry fees. Then we had another $3,500 worth of prizes donated. So I think it was a very successful first year for our run!!