3rd annual Zombie Fun Run

Close to 50 runners and 60 “zombie” volunteers made their way to the Eagle Grove Golf Course on Saturday for Parent Connection’s third annual Zombie Fun Run to Prevent Child Abuse. This year, the event was a two-mile run instead of a 5k, but the goal was the same: to raise funds to go toward child abuse prevention through Building Families in Hamilton, Humboldt, and Wright Counties.

Each runner started the course with three detachable flags on a belt, much like in flag football, which represented lives. Several area organizations and businesses sponsored “infected zones” where runners could expect to pass through obstacles and have volunteers, dressed and painted like zombies, try to steal their life flags. The goal was to make it through the course with at least one flag intact. Some took the “run” part seriously and tried to quickly complete the course, including some high schoolers who completed the course twice; others emphasized the “fun” part and just tried to make it out alive. Survivors each received a specially-cast medal shaped like a zombie hand created by Seneca Foundry in Webster City.

One hundred percent of the funds raised through runner registrations, donations, and sponsorships went to the Prevent Child Abuse Council for programming that helps support, educate, and provide for strong, healthy families.

For the full story and more pictures, see the October 27 edition of the Monitor.