Friday, October 21, 2011

jog-a-thon

Yesterday my son's school held a jog-a-thon as the school's fundraiser for the year.  We are really lucky that this is the only fundraiser that the school has to do - the community support is great, and the donations that are raised are enough for the year.  This year as a special treat they had Blaze, the Portland Trail Blazer's mascot, come out and run a little bit with the kids.  We are huge Blazer fans in our household, so Owen got all decked out in his Blazer gear in anticipation of the day:

Head to toe Blazers
 Each class ran for around 30 minutes, and Owen ran 2.6 miles in that time!  Woot!  He did great!  Every time I saw him he was running - I was so proud of him.  He ran 13 laps (on this track 5 laps is a mile) and he really seemed to enjoy himself too, which is the most important thing.

It was a great day and the kids were super excited to meet Blaze:

and do a little running with him:

I especially love that the fundraiser was fitness related and didn't involve selling candy or other treats that aren't necessarily healthy.  It was a great way to promote physical activity AND raise money for our school. 

5 comments:

amd said...

Go Owen! Just keep running!

Julie D. said...

so fun!! nice job, Owen! We are big blazer fans too. Go Blazers!

jillconyers said...

What a fun idea for a fundraiser! Congrats to your son for a job well done.

I'm a new follower. Looking forward to seeing your link up for Fitness Friday :)

Amanda@runninghood said...

I love the jogathons! So much better to fundraise like this than selling cookie dough or wrapping paper! :)

Teamarcia said...

Yes! My thoughts exactly--how great the fundraiser is fitness related. Our school did have a 5k dash for the first time this year but I still wish they'd can the candy, cookie dough and wrapping paper sales already.
Cute pic!

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