Boosterthon Celebrates 10,000th Fun Run In Roswell

ROSWELL, GA — Boosterthon will hold its 10,000th Fun Run program on March 29 at Northwood Elementary School in Roswell. The Boosterthon Fun Run event will also be a celebration of another historical milestone: having helped schools profit $200 million through Boosterthon Fun Run events throughout the last 16 years.

Boosterthon boasts an integrated fitness, leadership and character platform that raises money for schools while encouraging students to live healthy, character-filled lives.

“When schools get stronger, everyone wins,” said Boosterthon founder and CEO Chris Carneal. “Boosterthon was created to help schools profit more money while helping students build character through leadership and fitness. 10,000 programs and $200,000,000 means that local schools are getting the funding they need to give their students the best educational experience possible.”

The 10,000th program will be held at Northwood Elementary School at 10200 Wooten Road, Roswell, Ga. More than 700 students are expected to run. This will be the 11th consecutive year that Northwood Elementary has participated in a Boosterthon Fun Run through the Northwood Foundation, combining for a total of $300,000 profited at their school alone over the history of the program.

The celebration will include a red carpet entrance and giveaways.

“The Northwood Elementary School family is honored to host the 10,000th Boosterthon Fun Run,” said school principal Dr. Ritu Ahuja. “Our school has advanced in so many incredible ways through our Boosterthon partnership.”

The celebration will honor the volunteers, administrators, students, parents and donors who have fueled Boosterthon’s mission of strengthening schools. It also celebrates the Boosterthon Fun Run team which is made up of more than 700 team members across 40 states.

Over the course of 10,000 fundraising programs, Boosterthon schools have purchased tremendous resources to improve education. These items include over 50,000 laptops, over 30,000 iPads, 948 playground enhancements, over 1,800 SMART boards and over 200 S.T.E.A.M. labs and programs, as examples. The full list of purchased resources can be found at Boosterthon.com/10K.

Every year Boosterthon executes an all-new character theme. This year’s Boosterthon character theme is Castle Quest, which introduces more than one million students nationwide across U.S. schools to the six virtues of true heroes: focus, self-awareness, respect, trustworthiness, creativity and how to be a life-learner.

“Castle Quest is our most holistic program to date,” said Carneal. “These six qualities of true heroes include academic traits, social learning and skills and classic character traits it takes to be a leader. We believe we can be influential in helping grow the next generation of world changers in our nation’s schools.”

To learn more about bringing the Boosterthon Fun Run to your community, visit www.boosterthon.com.

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About the Boosterthon Fun Run

The Boosterthon Fun Run is a national fundraising program that promotes fitness, leadership, and character and is partnering with more than 2,400 schools this year. Since its founding in 2002, Boosterthon has raised schools more than $200 million and reimagined an industry that relied on students selling products door-to-door. Through Boosterthon, students benefit from a fun, interactive program that makes a positive impact on schools and develops leaders. On average, Boosterthon Fun Run schools increase profits by 50 percent compared to traditional product-sale fundraisers. For more information, visit boosterthon.com.

About the Boosterthon Fun Run 2018-2019 Program Theme

Boosterthon’s upcoming character theme is called Mindspark Mystery Lab, a science-infused mystery theme all about solving problems using character. It will combine S.T.E.A.M skills (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math) with character building. Students will help a team of brainy kids solve problems using a super-lab hidden inside a school and learn five character lessons along the way—citizenship, zest, integrity, teamwork and growth mindset. For more information, visit boosterthon.com.