Get ready for the most colourful day of the year – The Albany Junior High School Colour Run is coming!

This fantastic fun run/walk will be a great way to get active, promote healthy lifestyles and continue to foster our very special community spirit, whilst raising funds for something our students will also benefit from – a school van and some new atrium furniture. As well as raising much needed funds, our Colour Run will be an exciting, fun event for all students to take part in. 

See what’s in store here: https://www.facebook.com/nzschoolfunrun/videos/734495440287903/

Date: Friday 6th December, 2024

Time: 3.30pm – 5pm after school

Location: AJHS sports field

How will this fundraiser work? 

Students are sponsored by friends and family to run, walk, hop or skip the 2km course. During the race, colour stations along the route will throw coloured powder at participants (non-toxic vegetable-dyed cornflour). Colour throwers will always be aiming from the waist down, but we do suggest wearing sunglasses! And there will be a few fun obstacles along the way too. 

This year AJHS has partnered with online fundraising company Go Raise It. Collecting sponsorship online makes it super easy for everyone – no more door knocking, your child/children can collect more donations from further afield (friends & family living overseas, work colleagues etc), and no need to worry about handling cash.

How do I sign my child up to fundraise? Each child will sign up for their very own fundraising web page to send out to collect online sponsorship from anyone, anywhere. It’s a very simple process. 

  • Click on the ‘SET UP A FUNDRAISING PAGE’ button (it only takes 2 minutes)

Multiple AJHS children in your family? No problem, all children can sit under the same email address. You’ll find a button to set up another page while logged in to the fundraising account you created first.

Do I have to sign up for an online account to fundraise? Yes, AJHS is solely running this event through online sponsorships, with no cash handling. Go Raise It adheres to strict cyber safe guidelines which are built into our fundraising website. 

Prizes: We have a great range of fundraising prizes available including spot prizes and overall fundraising prizes for classes/individuals. Please see the Prizes page for more information.

Food: We have a couple of food stalls popping up at the event, so if you fancy a sausage sizzle, popcorn, drinks, candy floss, or hot chips, you’re in luck! Perhaps a picnic rug? 

We suggest students wear white T-shirts to show off the amazing colours, although it will be mufti day too, so students might want to dress in their whanau colours. 

The music will be pumping and the students will be smiling. Thank you for supporting our school – we really appreciate it.

Any questions please emailjulia.scott@ajhs.school.nz