‘Run Wild’ event a fun way to help schools out
By ROGER HOPKINS | Hungry Horse News | UPDATED 6 months AGO
Roots Uprising will play at the event.
Members of the Columbia Falls Rotary Club will join a host of community volunteers and organizations Saturday for this year’s “Run Wild Family Field Day” at the site of, and in partnership with, the Columbia Falls Community Market.
This is the third year for the fundraising event, co-sponsored by Parkside Federal Credit Union and Whitefish Credit Union. This year’s proceeds will go to support new playground equipment for Ruder and Glacier Gateway Elementary schools as well as Land to Hand and the Boys and Girls Club of Glacier Country.
The event runs from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday with family fun activities kicking off at 3:30, including favorites like sack races, three-legged races, dizzy bat, and more. There will also be food trucks, live music from Lake Fire Duo until 5 p.m. and Roots Uprising after that. There will also be a beer garden. For more information about the event, and to purchase tickets or volunteer, go to this Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1224498856338836/
Rotary Club of Columbia Falls President Cliff Seiler said this year’s event corresponds with Rotary’s Epic Day of Service. Club members will be volunteering to help manage the races and other activities during the day.
Just as with Run Wild Family Field Day, this is the third annual Rotary Epic Day of Service, uniting Rotary clubs and community members in service projects and activities internationally. All told, more than 1,200 clubs, including 34 in Montana, have pledged to support projects in their communities.
The Columbia Falls club will setup booths with other nonprofit organizations and community businesses to showcase their impact in Columbia Falls. Currently the Rotary Club of Columbia Falls is seeking to expand its membership in order to increase Rotary’s local impact, which includes support for the Boys and Girls Club, Land to Hand, CASA for Kids, Columbia Falls Food Bank, afterschool sports programs, dictionaries to third-graders, Wildcat Speech and Debate team and Boy Scout Troop 1941 to name just a few of the local organizations receiving Rotary support.
Additionally the club sends high school students to the Rotary Youth Leadership Academy in Montana each summer and provides a $500 scholarship to RYLA campers who continue their education beyond high school.
For more information about the Rotary Club of Columbia Falls, go to Facebook and search “Rotary Club of Columbia Falls.” To learn more about Rotary Epic Day of Service, go to www.epicdayofservice.org.