9th annual Color FUND run is coming! (in one week)

Since 2015 during Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa's Homecoming week, with the lone exception being in 2020 when Homecoming was greatly altered due to the pandemic, school staff, volunteers and an extensive list of local donors have combined forces to put on the Color FUND Run.

This unique event has become the envy of schools throughout central Minnesota, with more and more adopting it themselves, while it brings students outdoors for a common purpose while raising funds that are crucial to fulfilling B-B-E's mission of fostering Bold, Boundless and Engaged students.

For the majority of families who have local roots and local family members to rely on, fundraising involves getting students out and about to solicit at least $30 to help generate fundraising activity. For newer families who don't have local ties or the ability to raise the funds on their own, they can contact the school and be connected to numerous anonymous donors who graciously and happily extend contributions towards the cause.

The overriding goal is to offer all 600-plus students in Jaguar Country the chance to participate in the Color FUND Run afternoon activities. Last year, B-B-E staff reported that participation in the high school student body had a noteworthy increase from 2021 and 2022. The event is picking up steam again after a one-year hiatus in 2020.

The Color FUND Run is one of four major fundraisers that defray costs for a variety of school activities and functions across academics, athletics and Fine Arts. The 2023 Color Run raised $28,759.

Last May, school administration reported to the school board that the Activies Fund balance was $77,192.41. The profits for last year's fundraisers, marked Fiscal Year 2024, are as follows: $7,600 Jaguar Golf open; $28,759.30 Color Run; $10,135.80 softener salt; and $8,523.61 fruit sales. Total profits raised in the 2023-2024 school year: $55,018.71. Other revenues are raised by various donations, including the RJ's Mini Mart "Jaguar Pride pump, the Toy Drive and middle school field trip fees. Bonanza Valley State Bank and Kensington Bank also have the Jaguar debit cards that donates portions of the banks' fees to the school.

Here's a video from three years ago, when the Color FUND Run was held on September 29 at the high school:


This year's Color Run in Jaguar Country is at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, September 25! The public is still invited to donate and also participate in the event. You can register yourself by contacting either school office in Belgrade or Brooten: 320-254-8211.

To go back 9 whole years to B-B-E's first Color FUND Run, you can click on this link to be redirected to the Bonanza Valley Voice newspaper's SmugMug photo gallery from October 7, 2015: https://shorturl.at/xrfVA.