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PAS Color Run
April 25, 2016 at 7:28 p.m.
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>
<p class="Picture">Volunteers toss colored dust at the running children. The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. More than 100 people participated, raising a little over $5,000 for the Parent Teacher Organization.</p>
<p class="Picture">As the color run starts, students sprint through clouds of colorful dust. </p>
<p class="Picture">One boy throws a handful of bright blue powder at another boy participating in the Color-A-Thon. </p>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>
<p class="Picture">Participants try to dodge a volunteer armed with blue dust—some more successfully than others. </p>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>
<p class="Picture">One boy throws a handful of bright pink powder dead-on at a woman participating in the Color-A-Thon. </p>
<p class="Picture">Himself covered in blue and purple, an older student refills his bucket with more powder, getting ready for another round of throwing it at the running students. </p>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>
<p class="Picture">Two girls smile even as a volunteer dumps more powder on them. </p>
<p class="Picture">After completing their four laps around Park Avenue School, the Fuentes family—Louis, Gwendy and first-grader Chloe—pose for a photo. </p>
<p class="Picture">Still covered in a variety of colors, students use up some more energy during a tug-o-war after the run is over. Besides some yard games, there was also a dance session as part of the Color-A-Thon. </p>
<p class="Picture">Deciding he does not have enough dust on him, Park Avenue School first-grader Roy Morris rolls around on the ground in a pile of the colorful detritus left behind after the run is completed. </p>
<p class="Picture">Deciding they do not have enough dust on him, Park Avenue School first-graders Dominick Luzzi and Roy Morris roll around on the ground in a pile of the colorful detritus left behind after the run is completed even as two girls sprinkle more onto them. </p>
<p class="Picture">A latecomer to the Color-A-Thon tries to evade some of his friends determined to catch him, hug him and transfer some of the color from them to his clean, white t-shirt. </p>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Park Avenue School PTO organized the Color-A-Thon—a small, kid-friendly version of a Color Run—as a new fundraiser on Sunday afternoon, Apr. 17. </span>