The Virginia Run Elementary School PTA hosted its first Family Fun Color Run on Friday, April 24. The event had more than 400 registrations, strong parent and faculty volunteer support and many corporate sponsors. More than $6,000 was raised and will go directly toward the purchase of 10 new Dell Latitude 3340 notebooks that will supplement the school’s mobile lab.
Virginia Run Elementary School families started the Color Run behind the elementary school where teachers led the participants in some pre-race warm-up dance routines. The race began with Principal Larraine Edwards leading the first color station and dousing everyone in color-safe green dye. The two-mile out-and-back course had runners passing through seven color stations of every color in the rainbow. As they returned, families headed back to the blacktop behind the school to enjoy a healthy dinner provided by the PTA, snow cones, music, hula hoop contests, raffles and more.