PacificSource donates 50 entries to ‘Little Fry Run’
To ensure that Central Oregon’s youngest residents have the opportunity to participate in fun and healthy outdoor events that encourage physical play, PacificSource Health Plans has donated 50 entry fees to the Little Fry Run in Bend on April 10, part of the yearlong Kids Rock the Races series.
Parents need only enter a promotional code available at the PacificSource Health Plans Facebook page when registering their child or children on the event website. The first 50 registrants to use the code will have their race fee waived.
Held in conjunction with the Salmon Run, one of Bend’s most popular running races now in its 28 th year, the Little Fry Run takes place in the Old Mill District and will offer age-appropriate running distances for youth ages 3 to 10.
“Exposing kids early to the benefits of physical activity in a fun and kid-friendly environment is exactly in line with PacificSource’s mission to improve the health of the communities we serve,” said Alexa Shook, Health Promotion and Wellness Director for PacificSource. “We believe the opportunity to participate in the excitement of a race should be extended to all children, regardless of ability to pay.”
The Little Fry Run is an untimed, noncompetitive event featuring distances ranging from 100 meters to 1.5 kilometers (.9 miles). The run is part of the seven-event Kids Rock the Races series held all year long in Bend that includes kid-friendly obstacle course events and running distances. In total, PacificSource Health Plans is donating 350 free entries in the form of 50 entries to each of the seven 2016 Kids Rock the Races events.
In addition to the Little Fry Run on April 10, the remaining 2016 Kids Rock the Races events includes:
Happy Little Kids Run (Happy Girls Half Marathon), May 28 Little Hopper Root Beer Run (Bite of Bend), June 18
Kids Splash-N-Dash (Deschutes Dash), July 16
Balloon Blast Kids Race (Balloons Over Bend), July 23 Little Monster Miler (Monster Dash), October 9
The promo code good for a free entry to the Little Fry Run is available at https://www.facebook.com/PacificSource/. Registration for the Little Fry Run on April 10 is available at http://runsalmonrun.com/registration/little-fry-run/.
