The Janesville Elementary Parent Teacher Organization will be holding their big Dash ‘N’ Dye Family Fun 5K Color Run Fundraiser this Saturday at the park on Church Street in Janesville and you are invited! The group’s inaugural event is designed to promote happiness, healthy choices and to provide continued support for education by bringing the community together.
The 5K course will take you through the city of Janesville on a 3.11 mile trail nestled in the shade of the Ponderosa pines, running on both paved and dirt roads and trails.
It’s too late to pre-register but you will still be able to register the morning of the event; Adult registration is $40, children are $30 and space is very limited.
Janesville PTO is a locally run Parent Teacher Organization and all funds that are raised by the group are used to benefit Janesville School, its students, faculty/staff and the school’s programs and facilities.
This year’s Dash ‘N’ Dye will focus on fundraising to supply supplemental curriculum and facility repairs that the school cannot afford.
Janesville PTO has plans for the following projects:
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Continue to supply teachers and classrooms with Classroom sets of Scholastic News Weekly Readers and National Geographic. (This cost was over $2000 last year)
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Build stairs next to the kindergarten building. (There is a steep slope with dirt/gravel that kids and adults use as a shortcut, and too many people have fallen, causing a safety hazard.)
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Install the ‘Gift Bricks’ in the garden area of the school.
Here are a few of the things Janesville PTO has purchased or done with past fundraiser funds:
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Laminating Machine
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Sun blocking curtains for the gym
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Copy machine for the Food Service Office in the cafeteria
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Classroom sets of Scholastic News Weekly Readers (teachers have asked we continue this program)
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Construction of new benches for outside the 7th & 8th grade classrooms
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School-wide presentations and assemblies
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Coordinating the Chinese Foreign Exchange Student Program
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P.E. Equipment
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Donated funds to the JUS Garden Club for classroom sets of garden tools
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Scholarship funds: The Ruth Lagier Award (for students attaining a 4.0 GPA)
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Donated funds for Playground equipment
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Raised money for the JUS library
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Marquee sign
Early Check-in and Packet Pick-up
On Friday evening between 5:00 – 8:00 there will be early-bird check-in and packet pickup at the Janesville Pizza Factory. Please bring a copy of your online receipt or a picture ID.
Race Day Events on Saturday
8:00a.m. – 9:30a.m. Late Registration (if space available)
At 10:00am the 5K begins.
Between 10:30 and noon you can enjoy the various local community vendor booths which will be setup at Janesville’s Lloyd Keefer Park by the finish line.
At 11:00a.m. there will be a color bomb party – join all your friends and family at the finish line for one last explosion of color frenzy!
Click here to head over the official Dash ‘N’ Dye website.
