Volunteering at the Run or Dye

Since my diagnosis, I've had several of opportunities here in Fargo to participate in Breast Cancer Awareness Events. One of my favorites has been the Run or Dye. ***At Run or Dye, you get showered with safe, eco-friendly, powdered dye all throughout the 5K course...turning you into a technicolor canvass of fun! *** I think it was my favorite because it was something I got to do with my family.

I'll just copy the day's events from my Family Blog:

The members of this Seamons Family are NOT runners!!! But this particular Run or Dye teamed up with Fargo's YMCA to help fund the local LiveStrong Program. The Livestrong Program has changed my life. I am extremely grateful (and continue to be because of the very generous discount my family receives at the Y for the next year for completing program). I have wanted to be able to give back somehow and this looks like their last big event before we leave. But instead of running, my family and I decided to volunteer.
Unfortunately, that entailed being at the Fairgrounds at 6:45 AM. Holy Moly! That is WAY early for our family. But they were all quite the troopers. Lucky for us, we live 3 minutes away and got to park in a special Volunteer parking lot. They did feed us donuts and we all got a Run or Dye T-shirt so people would know we were volunteers. We were excited to see Katelyn and get a picture with her. [She was my LiveStrong Trainer and we LOVE her!]
Then, we joined Volunteer Team 9 which was assigned to handing out Waters at the Finish Line. Our team was great! They were way friendly with the kids. We had a lot of fun and really had the best seat in the house for the race. It was awesome! Liberty and Dad handed out waters at the finish line the entire time. (like from 9-12) The other kids helped keep waters stocked, painted each other and helped clean up. I was way proud of everyone for being willing to serve so early and so long!

Run or Dye's signature quality is the color dye they throw at the crowd before, during and after the race. Right next to the finish line, they had a stage for the After Party. They played music, danced and did lots of "Color Throws". Because we volunteered right there by the stage, we got to see and participate in a lot of them. They were crazy!!! So gorgeous at the beginning and then a big huge cloud of dust for several seconds after. *Cough*Choke*Blindness*LOL* And then of course.... being covered in color. Lots of fun!

One of the ladies in our volunteer group had bought the kids each a packet of dye. They spent hours painting each other and throwing dye. We will be lucky if we ever get all the color out of the girl's hair! LOL By the end, we were all covered. We even got Katelyn to stay with us for the last Color Throw. So fun!

We definitely had one Color-rific Day!

Thanks Run or Dye & LiveStrong!