Color Craze
**Thank you for a fantastic 2023 Color Craze Event! We raised over $24,000 for PBES and the students had a wonderful time! Here are a few photos of the top fundraising students and classes enjoying their pizza parties with Mr. Thorne & Ms. Sobers.**
The Color Run is getting a bit of a revamp this year — it’s now the COlor Craze!
*Update: Color Craze registration packets were placed in mailboxes on 9/6. To get a digital copy of the instructions, timelines, etc. (with clickable links, so you don’t have to type them all out!), click here.
Already read the instructions and want to start your child’s fundraising page? Click here to set up their personal fundraising page!
Here’s an overview of the Color Craze Timeline.
Color Craze 2023 Details
On October 13, 2023 (rain date: Oct. 20), come out and have a bright, colorful, fantastic time running with your favorite cardinals!
The music will be hot, the popsicles will be cold, and the color will be EVERYWHERE!
Last year, we raised over $20,000 for PTO initiatives at Piney Branch! We hope we can make this year even better!
Color Run information and registration packets went home with every student in early September. If you’re looking to get a jump on things, you can grab a digital pdf copy here.
Remember that if students earn t-shirts or the privilege to invite additional Color Craze participants, this electronic form needs to be submitted no later than September 22.
*Due to printing turnaround time, no t-shirts may be ordered after the 9/22 deadline, so please fill out the e-form promptly!
This is the Color Craze schedule for Oct. 13, 2023!
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Prior Update: August 2023
In previous years, we contracted with an outside company to administer our Color Run. While they provided registration support, they also took a significant portion of our earnings.
Our PTO has decided to take over the entire event so we can keep more of the funds we raise here at Piney Branch. The basics will remain the same, as we know the entire community looks forward to this event every year.
There will be a few key changes this year. Those changes are:
- The name! To avoid any potential trademark issues, we’re calling it the Color Craze.
- A new Color Craze t-shirt (we’re so excited to have a brand-new design this year!)
- No knick-knacks. Students will not earn individual little prizes (keychains, wigs, etc.) at various fundraising levels. Instead, we will focus on experience prizes to encourage students to raise funds. These include pizza lunches with Mr. Thorne & Mrs. Sobers, class parties, silly string battles or other special activities, etc. There will also be a fundraising competition between the classes and students will be able to track their class’s progress in real-time.
- We get to keep 100% of the funds raised! Aside from the basic credit card processing fees, the money raised will stay here at Piney Branch to help us fund PTO initiatives within our building.
A letter about the change will come home with students in August (you can download the pdf here).
Want to volunteer at the event? There will be a signup genius available in late September.