Color Craze

2024 Color Craze | thursday, October 31

Get ready to unleash your energy at Piney Branch’s most vibrant event of the year. The Piney Branch PTO is thrilled to present the 2024 Color Craze, a spectacular fundraising event where every student can come together to support our school.

Color Craze is our biggest fundraiser of the year — it is also a fun and vibrant event held at Piney Branch Elementary School that combines running with bursts of color! On October 31, the school grounds will transform into a colorful canvas as students dash through clouds of color, laughter, and excitement. This isn’t just a run – it’s a chance for our community to unite, have fun, and make a lasting impact. So, lace up your sneakers and get ready to be drenched in color. Let’s make this year’s Color Craze the most unforgettable yet.

Every student at Piney Branch participates in Color Craze. Fundraising is not required; however, there are prizes for students who reach fundraising goals.

2024 Color Craze Event Information

The 2024 Color Craze will happen at Piney Branch ES Field during the school day on Thursday, October 31st. Students will participate in the run by grade level according to the schedule below.

Students. Please send your student to school on Thursday, October 31st wearing their 2024 Color Craze T-shirt and/or clothes that can get a little dirty. All students participate!

T-shirts. For those students who met the required fundraising minimums and completed the t-shirt order form by October 13th, Color Craze t-shirts will be sent home with your student this week. 

Volunteers. Volunteer registration is currently closed. If you signed up to be a volunteer, look for a communication to come from the PTO with information and details.

Additional Participants. Only those students who reached fundraising minimums qualify to have additional participants join them in the Color Craze run. Additional participants must have pre-registered for the event by 5:00 PM on October 13. Unregistered participants will not be allowed to participate. If you missed out on a chance to participate in the run, see spectator information below. If you are a registered, non-student participant, look for a communication to come from the PTO with information and details.

Spectators. Spectators are welcome! Spectators will be asked to view from a roped-off section of the PBES field. For safety and security, spectators are not permitted to enter the field during Color Craze.

2024 Color Craze Fundraising Goals & Prizes

Students who raise $30 will receive a 2024 Piney Branch Color Craze t-shirt. Commemorate the event with a bright white t-shirt — designed to capture the rainbow of colors — that your student can wear during the race. T-shirt orders must be submitted by the deadline listed below and will be sent home with your student before the event. More details below.

Additional participants are welcome to join in the Color Craze fun with their student if the required fundraising goals are reached. Additional participants must be registered for Color Craze in advance to participate. Non-student participants will be asked to present identification upon arrival at PBES and are subject to any background checks required by PWCS. A maximum of four additional participants are allowed.

  • Raise $60: 1 Student + 1 Additional Participant with t-shirts for the student and 1 additional participant
  • Raise $90: 1 Student + 2 Additional Participants with t-shirts for the student and 2 additional participants
  • Raise $120: 1 Student + 3 Additional Participants with t-shirts for the student and 3 additional participants
  • Raise $150: 1 Student + 4 Additional Participants with t-shirts for the student and 4 additional participants

Weekly Prizes! Each week we will recognize a student or students who have helped promote or raise funds for the Color Craze that week. Prizes will be announced and awarded weekly.

Pizza Party for Top Fundraisers! The student from each grade who has raised the most funds for Color Craze will be invited to join a pizza party with Mr. Thorne and Ms. Sobers. Winners will be announced November 7th!

Chick-fil-A Party for Top Fundraising Class! The classroom who raises the most funds for Color Craze will be rewarded with a Chick-fil-A party with their teacher, Mr. Thorne, and Ms. Sobers. Winners will be announced November 7th!

Student Registration & Fundraising Setup

Registration and fundraising will be managed through Donately. Setting up your student’s Donately account is easy and takes less than 5 minutes. Follow the step-by-step instructions in the event packet to ensure your student’s fundraising is tracked correctly so they can earn 2024 Color Craze prizes. Please remember, if you have more than one Piney Branch student, you must create a separate account for each student.

Once the student’s account has been created, they can start fundraising!

Fundraising Deadlines

For fundraising efforts to apply toward earning a 2024 Color Craze t-shirt, all donations must be received by 5:00 PM on Sunday, October 13. The t-shirt order form for the 2024 Color Craze is now closed.

The deadline for registering additional participants is 5:00 PM on Sunday October 13. Additional participant registration is now closed.

For fundraising efforts to apply toward earning individual and classroom prizes, all donations must be received by October 31 at 11:59 PM.

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2024 Color Craze Timeline

If you have questions that are not addressed here or in the 2024 Color Craze Event Packet, please reach out to the PTO at [email protected]. We are here to help!

FAQs

All funds raised during 2024 Color Craze will be used to support Piney Branch Elementary School. There are countless ways these funds can be allocated to school projects and initiatives. In past years, the funds have been used to purchase iPads and laptops, provide scripts and supplies for the school musical, replenish supplies in the art room, install fish tanks and incubators for hands-on science lessons, order adaptive equipment and a sun shade for the playground — and so much more.

No! All students at PBES will participate in the Color Craze. The event takes place during the school day and will be a fun time for all students! There’ll be music playing, colors spraying, and popsicles at the end for all!

With that said, we greatly appreciate any donations you collect as part of the fundraiser! This is typically our biggest fundraiser and allows us to do so many wonderful things for Piney Branch.

There are also fun rewards for students in each grade level who raise the most money and for the classroom with the highest overall fundraising total.

*Note: only students who meet the $30 fundraising goal complete the t-shirt order form by October 13th will receive an official Color Craze t-shirt.

Additional participants are welcome to join in the Color Craze fun with their student if the required fundraising goals are reached. Additional participants must be registered for Color Craze in advance to participate. Non-student participants will be asked to present identification upon arrival at PBES and are subject to any background checks required by PWCS. A maximum of four additional participants are allowed.

  • Raise $60: 1 Student + 1 Additional Participant with t-shirts for the student and 1 additional participant
  • Raise $90: 1 Student + 2 Additional Participants with t-shirts for the student and 2 additional participants
  • Raise $120: 1 Student + 3 Additional Participants with t-shirts for the student and 3 additional participants
  • Raise $150: 1 Student + 4 Additional Participants with t-shirts for the student and 4 additional participants

YES! October 13th is simply the deadline by which we need to submit the t-shirt order and get additional participants registered. Funds raised after October 13th will not qualify students for a 2024 Color Craze t-shirt.

Students are encouraged to continue collecting donations until October 31st to qualify for prizes. The top fundraising students and classes will be announced on November 7th.