Color run along Heritage Trail to raise funds for colon cancer research

CHESTER — The Chester Academy Key Club International is sponsoring its Hearts of Hope 5K/Color Run at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 2 (rain date is June 3), starting at the Chester Academy, 64 Hambletonian Avenue, Chester.
The course this year will be along the Heritage Trail, turning back at the golf driving range, then returning back to the school. It's similar to a traditional color run — runners will be splattered with colored paints at designated checkpoints.
All proceeds will go to colon cancer research.
"When my mom was diagnosed with Colon Cancer in 2013, it changed not only her life, but our family members’ lives," said Wasil Ahmed, former Chester Academy Key Club president and National Honor Society member. "The experience I’ve had and the things I’ve seen in the past couple years have shown me the true dirty nature of cancer, and I realized that anyone who can, should try and make a difference."
He said the Key Club and National Honor Society, with Key Club Advisor Deborah Hewitt, our honor society advisors Catherine Nelting and Patricia Rivas, and Principal Denis Petrilak have been working together to organize Chester’s third 5K Color Run for Colon Cancer "to make my dream of making a difference a reality, and to build upon the Color Run we organized with our National Honor Society last year. Help us make a difference!"
Check-in time is from 8 to 8:45 a.m. at the Academy. The cost is $25, with T-shirts for the first 75 registered participants. Refreshments will be served.
Participants should bring sunglasses and shoes and clothes they wouldn’t mind getting paint on, and Ziploc bags for phones and wallets,
For more information, here is the list of contacts:
Deborah Hewitt, Chester Academy Key Club Advisor — dhewitt@chesterufsd.org
Patricia Rivas, Chester Academy NHS Advisor — privas@chesterufsd.org
Catherine Nelting, Chester Academy NHS Advisor — cnelting@chesterufsd.org
Christianna Scrobe, Key Club President — cscrobe@yahoo.com
Paul Kim, Key Club Vice President — yejoongkim21@gmail.com
Jakob Melone, Key Club Treasurer — jakobmelone36@gmail.com
Marti Greco, Key Club Secretary — martirgreco@gmail.com