The Color Run Racine is Seeking Volunteers

Be part of "The Happiest 5k on the Planet" next month! Real Racine needs 155 volunteers May 23-25 to assist with The Color Run Racine. Individuals and groups are welcome.

The Color Run Racine, set for 8 a.m. Saturday, May 25, is a 5k, non-timed event in which runners/walkers are doused with colored powder (completely safe, food-grade cornstarch) as they pass through a course that starts and finishes at Pershing Park on Racine's lakefront. As many as 10,000 participants are expected.

Volunteers are needed for these tasks:

• Set up and organize race materials (9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Thursday, May 23 at the Real Racine Visitor Center, 14015 Washington Ave. Approximately 25 volunteers are needed. They will receive a t-shirt, beverages and lunch.)

• Runner check-in and materials pick up. (8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., Friday, May 24 at the Real Racine Visitor Center. Approximately 30 volunteers are needed; shifts available. They will receive a t-shirt, beverages and lunch.)

• Runner check-in, t-shirt distribution, toss colored powder at runners, runner check-in, clean-up, crowd control, water distribution and  start/finish line assistance (6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Saturday, May 25 at Pershing Park and along the race course. Approximately 100 volunteers are needed. They will receive a t-shirt.)

 To volunteer, please email the following information to infodesk@realracine.com:  Your first and last name; volunteer job (first and second choice); shift/time available; email address AND telephone number and T-shirt size.

Questions?  Contact Aletha at Real Racine, 262-884-6400.