The Color Me Rad 5K brings excitement to the sport of running through color, loud music and a total disregard for speed. “I’ve had the same buddy for three years and it’s just been really cool to see her grow as a person,” Hall said. Hall is passionate about the impact Baylor Buddies has had on so many kids’ lives in the Waco area thanks, in big part, to charitable donations from organizations such as Color Me Rad. Hall has been involved in the program for the past three years.
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With registration beginning at $35, Baylor Buddies can expect anywhere between $10,500 and $35,000 of funding from the run for the 2014-2015 school year, Hall said. In the past, the Color Me Rad 5K has had between 3,000 and 10,000 participants. Additional funds will go to mentor appreciation gifts, and resources and supplies for mentors. The bulk of the 10 percent of proceeds that Baylor Buddies receives from the Color Me Rad 5K will be used to help pay for Baylor Buddies events such as Baylor basketball games as well as trips to Cameron Park Zoo and Waco’s Skate Country roller skating rink. Baylor Buddies allows Baylor students to act as positive role models, develop relationships with children in the community and mature as leaders. The children that are mentored through Baylor Buddies range in age from early elementary school through middle school. “Everyone is required to mentor their child for at least one hour a week,” said Baylor student Morgan Hall, Baylor Buddies coordinating director.īaylor Buddies is a locally recognized mentorship program that is partnered with Communities and Schools, a government organization in Waco. In Waco, Color Me Rad’s charity partner is Baylor Buddies, a Baylor-based organization that focuses on mentoring kids from the Waco ISD school system. Yelp is a fun and easy way to find, recommend and talk about whats great and not so great in Detroit and. time slot already sold out, so anyone interested in participating is encouraged to register as soon as possible.Ĭolor Me Rad is a for-profit event that donates part of the proceeds of each run to a local charity in the city where the run takes place. Color Me Rad in Detroit, reviews by real people. Spots are filling up quickly, with the 9 a.m. Monday: Closed Tuesday: 9AM - 5PM Wednesday: 9AM - 5PM Thursday: 9AM - 5PM Friday: 9AM - 5PM Saturday: 10AM - 4PM Sunday: 10AM - 4PM.
The three different time slots have been implemented to accommodate the large number of participants at the race, but the course of the run remains the same for each starting time. Color Me RAD Beauty Salon, Hair Stylists, Hair Extensions 9B Rue Du Bois, Beaufort, SC 29907 (843) 812-6802. The run on May 10 has three different time slots at 9 a.m., 9:10 a.m., and 9:20 a.m. Running in teams is encouraged, and kids younger than 7 years old run free. “It’s an excuse to let loose.”Īny person of any age can run in the Color Me Rad 5K, and registration is online at. “The main purpose of Color Me Rad is to have fun while you’re getting fit,” Willard said. The Color Me Rad 5K run is held in most states and is more about runners enjoying themselves and having a good time than it is about winning. “By the end of the run they’ll look like a kindergarten art project gone oh-so-right,” said Gretchen Willard, Color Me Rad 5K director of public relations. The Color Me Rad 5K, which has been held in Waco for two years running, gets its name from special color “bombs” thrown at racers throughout the course. Runners of all ages will gather, decked out in all white, for the crazy and colorful Color Me Rad 5K run. Music, contests, dancing, and prize handouts are a few of the many activities that will be happening at 9 a.m. I don’t know about your will to live, but this race certainly looks like a lot of fun to me! You can view the course map with the location of the various color stations here.Participants pass the finish line at the Color Me Rad color run at the BSR Cable Park on Saturday, October 26, 2013. According to their website, the race includes “a tsunami of color that’ll make colored tears of joy run down your cheeks and will renew your will to live”. Check out the video below with clips from past races to catch a glimpse of colorful craziness that happens.Īs you can see, Color Me Rad is no ordinary 5K! In it runners are bombarded with a rainbow of colors (colored corn starch) at various color stations along the running route. Color Me Rad Raleigh provides a unique way to experience a 5k with your friends and family all the while helping to raise funds to benefit the Special Olympics of NC. I love running 5K races, but this one is a little different than your typical race. Things are going to get a lot more colorful in Raleigh this Fall and I’m not talking about the leaves on the trees changing color! A cool new 5K race called Color Me Rad Raleigh is coming to the Triangle for the very first time on October 27th out by the Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion in Raleigh.
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