Get your Color On at the MOMAC Do or Dye 5k Fun/ Run

Mount Olive Recreation brings back the Color Run to Benefit the American Cancer Society

Budd Lake, NJ (April 22, 2017) The MOMAC Do or Dye 5K Fun Run/Walk is about coming out to enjoy a day with your friends and family and getting blasted with color at Turkey Brook Park! This great morning of fun and color is also about promoting a healthy lifestyle and raising money for a good cause. Similar to 2015, this year’s event will benefit the American Cancer Society with participants raising funds through individual pledge sheets. The 2015 event successfully raised $3,000 for the American Cancer Society.

“This is not your typical 5K,” Jill Daggon, Recreation Supervisor, said. “Nor is it just another fundraising event.” The MOMAC Do or Dye 5k Fun Run/Walk is for participants of all levels, even those who hate running! There is no age limit, whether young or old, in fact we encourage parents with strollers, but Mount Olive Recreation does offer safety recommendations on their website for young children. “The main objective is to get active, have fun getting colorful, and raise monies for the American Cancer Society,” stated Daggon.

Runners will be asked to register online(deadline April 18) or onsite (registration opens at 8:30am), then use a pledge sheet to collect donations for the American Cancer Society. The American Cancer Society is a nationwide, community-based, voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives, and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy and services. All monies fundraised through this effort will go directly to the American Cancer Society. Athletes will turn in their envelopes to the American Cancer Society staff at the event.

Participants should wear as much white as possible so that throughout the course they can get splattered with paint creating a work of art in motion. The 3.1 mile course travels along the trails and pathways of Turkey Brook Park and will have an unofficial timer. For additional information visit https://rec.mountolivetownship.com/do-or-dye-5k/ or contact Mt Olive Recreation 973-426-7264, 7263.