The Laing Color Dash Run

 
Kickoff
Thu, Nov 5
Race Day
Fri, Nov 20
$30
Goal per
student
$50K
School-wide
goal
100%
Stays at
Laing

Students run the course while volunteers blast them with color the entire way. By the finish line, nobody's shirt is the color it started. Laing parents and staff plan it and run it, and every dollar raised stays in the building.

Where your $30 goes

Real line items, not "general support"

  • The STEM program, including materials for hands-on science and engineering projects
  • Teacher mini-grants: small grants teachers apply for when a classroom idea needs money the school budget doesn't cover
  • After-school clubs
  • Buses for 6th grade orientation
  • Recess equipment, because blacktop is undefeated against kickballs
  • A new RISO printer. It's a high-volume duplicator that prints class sets for a fraction of a regular copier's per-page cost.
  • Teacher Appreciation
  • Books & materials for the Media Center
  • PBIS/School Spirit: PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. Translation: Laing rewards students for doing the right thing, not just reacting when they don't.

Donate to a student

Donations open Thursday, November 5. Search your student's name and give online.

Donate now

 

All donations are tax deductible. Laing PTO Tax ID #46-0747440

Volunteers needed

Pick a job, get a little colorful

Before race day
Color Fillers

Every color bottle on the course gets filled by hand. Grab a funnel and join the assembly line.

Sign up to fill bottles
Friday, Nov 20
Event Day Crew

Set up the course, spray runners with color, hand out water, or keep a few hundred middle schoolers pointed the right way.

 

Sign up for race day
Anytime
General Help

Not a race-day person? Prep work in the weeks before needs hands too. One shift counts.

Email us to help