GALLERY: EMS Color Run raises record amount

Posted 5/22/24

Ellsworth Middle School students raised money for the EMS Parents' Club by gathering pledges for the annual Color Run. Principal Oran Nehls said a record amount of $11,799 was raised. This was …

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GALLERY: EMS Color Run raises record amount

Ellsworth Middle School students raised more than $11,000 for the EMS Parents Club by gathering pledges for the annual Color Run. Students took off at the starting line at 2:45 p.m. Friday, May 17.

Ellsworth Middle School students raised more than $11,000 for the EMS Parents Club by gathering pledges for the annual Color Run. Students took off at the starting line at 2:45 p.m. Friday, May 17.

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Older students lie in wait with buckets of color as students make their way through the School Forest on Friday, May 17 at the annual EMS Color Run.

Older students lie in wait with buckets of color as students make their way through the School Forest on Friday, May 17 at the annual EMS Color Run.

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Sixth grader Peyton Frion sprints through the EMS Color Run Friday, May 17.

Sixth grader Peyton Frion sprints through the EMS Color Run Friday, May 17.

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Students who raised a certain amount of money for the Ellsworth Middle School Color Run earned prizes such as mad scientist wigs, mustaches, goggles, bowties and suspenders.

Students who raised a certain amount of money for the Ellsworth Middle School Color Run earned prizes such as mad scientist wigs, mustaches, goggles, bowties and suspenders.

Sarah Nigbor / Pierce County Journal

This mad scientist bursts through a cloud of chalky dust at the EMS Color Run Friday, May 17.

This mad scientist bursts through a cloud of chalky dust at the EMS Color Run Friday, May 17.

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Neon colors prevailed as students attempted to dodge through the last color blast at the EMS Color Run May 17.

Neon colors prevailed as students attempted to dodge through the last color blast at the EMS Color Run May 17.

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Posted Wednesday, May 22, 2024 11:32 am

Ellsworth Middle School students raised money for the EMS Parents' Club by gathering pledges for the annual Color Run. Principal Olin Morrison said a record amount of $11,799 was raised. This was the third highest year for participation since the event began 11 years ago.

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Ellsworth Middle School, Color Run, fundraiser, Ellsworth, Wisconsin